Bishop Robert C. Morlino has announced the following appointment, effective immediately:
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Catholic Schools Week: Dividends for Life
Each year, in late January we set aside a week to focus attention on, and to celebrate, our Catholic schools. This year Catholic Schools Week runs from Sunday, January 31, to Saturday, February 6, with the theme, “Dividends for Life: Faith, Knowledge, Discipline, Morals.”
Appointments (Jan. 21, 2010 edition)
Bishop Robert C. Morlino has announced the following, effective immediately:
Health care reform
There is no question that our country is in need of health care reform. The bishops of the United States stand together and for years have been clear in encouraging the passage of a truly universal health policy — one which maintains a respect for human life and dignity, which provides access for all with a special concern for the poor and inclusion of immigrants, and one which pursues the common good and preserves pluralism, including freedom of conscience and variety of options.
Appointment (Jan. 14, 2010 edition)
Bishop Robert C. Morlino has announced the following appointment, effective immediately:
Appointments (Dec. 31, 2009 edition)
Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Below you will see a small number of new priest assignments for our diocese which will occur out of the ordinary time frame at the start of the summer.
Christmas Greeting 2009
In the manger of Bethlehem was born for us true hope. At Christmas we “remember” not only what happened some 2,000 years ago, but indeed, we remember all that Jesus Christ is for us and all that He has promised.
Dreaming of a truly ‘green’ Christmas
Dear Friends,
As we hear the sounds of “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” so frequently in the background these days, our national and even global attention has been focused on matters “green” in terms of the events that have taken place in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the Climate Change Conference.
The Immaculate Conception and politics
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Following the feast that we celebrated this past week, I’d like you to consider the question, “What does the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary have to do with politics?” The answer: Quite a lot actually.
In the Gospel reading for our Assumption Mass (Luke 1:26-38), we see Mary towards the end, not understanding the vocation to which she is called. How could she understand it? She was called to be a virgin and she was called to be a mother. She was called to be ever-virgin and mother — who could understand that?
That is why an angel had to explain more about it, because it would take a super-human intelligence to tell out that mystery in human words. Mary said, “How can this be?” that is, basically, I’ve never been married and I’ve been a good girl. And the angel responded, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.”
Why we dress our Sunday best
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We had some very interesting readings this past Sunday, our Second Sunday of Advent. The first reading came from the prophet Baruch and my first point comes from the line in that passage “put on the splendor of Glory from God forever,” or “put on the splendor of the Glory of God forever.”
And we may ask, “How does one do that?” One does that at the Mass. We can’t do anything in this life forever. The only eternal behavior in which we can engage, in which we can get caught up, is liturgical behavior. And so through his prophet Baruch, God says to us, “put on the splendor of the Glory of God.”