Sacred Heart Cathedral will hold its annual May Crowning of Our Lady, sponsored by the Religious Education and Youth Ministries, on Wednesday evening, May 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cathedral. Everyone is invited to attend.
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In a very rare move, Pope Benedict XVI has removed Bishop William Morris of Toowoomba, Australia. It appears that in a 2006 pastoral letter, the bishop talked about ordaining women priests and allowing Protestant clergy to celebrate Mass in Catholic churches, because there aren’t enough priests in his diocese to serve the people. An Apostolic Visitation ensued, with Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colorado, appointed by the pope as the visitor. Bishop Morris, in a letter to the people of his diocese, said he was being forced out. He added that he refused to resign because he felt he had done nothing wrong. Apparently the Holy Father thought differently, and after asking for a resignation which was refused, removed the bishop from the pastoral governance of the diocese. The pope has absolute authority of the appointment and removal bishops, and there is no recourse in Canon Law.
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The Summer meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops will be held in Seattle from June 15-17. Among the topics are some revisions to the Charter for Protection of Children and Young People. Also on tap are discussions on a Spanish translation of the Proper Masses for the United States in anticipation of the publication of a revised missal in Spanish.
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Here’s the official Vatican statement on the death of Osama bin Laden:
Vatican Press Office Director Fr Federico Lombardi’s response to journalists’ questions on the killing of Osama bin Laden:
Osama bin Laden – as we all know – was gravely responsible for promoting division and hatred between peoples, causing the death of countless innocent lives, and of exploiting religions to this end.
Faced with the death of a man, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibility of each and every one of us before God and before man, and hopes and commits himself so that no event be an opportunity for further growth of hatred, but for peace.
Praise God! I just checked out the blog site and my post actually got there the same way I sent it. I believe that I may like this, since it seems so simple. Probably famous last words, because I seem to have the uncanny ability to break internet and computer programs without even trying!
Back to you soon.
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I have been thinking about blogging for some time now. It seems that the Church is encouraging bishops and priests to be bloggers; but I just haven’t gotten around to it.
I picked today to begin because we have just celebrated the Beatification of Pope John Paul II.
I knew him personally, and he knew me by name. As a matter of fact, I have the privilege of being the first American to be ordained a priest by Blessed John Paul II. He was always interested in the media and the new electronic ways to spread the Gospel and to keep people informed of the Church’s goings-on. It is because of this that I begin blogging today: to show honor and glory to God by respecting, celebrating and honoring the memory of John Paul II.
Now I shall see if I have done this correctly and it actually appears as a blog!
See you real soon again.
God’s blessings to you.
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Seems that you have to manually teach the blog about what time zone you are blogging from. Hence, the first two posts showed May 2. Hopefully this one will show Sunday evening, May 1.
Oh well, live and learn. Will try to post some more once I can think of something else to post!
God’s blessings on all of you!
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