One New Year’s resolution often heard is: “I will cultivate a sense of humor.” Maybe we say this because we feel we’re too serious much of the time.
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In year of divisions, Catholics can model civility
Labor Day is past and the fall election season begins in earnest. As in previous years, party leaders and political commentators see Catholics as swing voters. That means people will be paying attention to us. This attention provides an opportunity to explain and witness our values and to express them in ways that elevate, not coarsen, the debate.
But our witness is effective only when we practice what we preach amongst ourselves. The reality is that faithful Catholics are both Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, partisans and independents. And, even as we discuss our political differences, we ought not to lose sight of our shared values and common humanity that bind us together as persons created in the image of God.
From the Threshold of the Apostles
“Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days” (Galatians 1:18).
In my previous two-part preparatory article, I outlined the historical context and current format and content of the ad limina apostolorum pilgrimage, literally, “to the threshold of the apostles,” by bishops to Rome on a quinquennial basis, i.e., five-year basis.
Bishop Robert C. Morlino and the bishops of Region VII, comprising Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana, recently completed their pilgrimage and I’ll offer a brief reflection in thanksgiving as a privileged pilgrim accompanying Bishop Morlino on the ad limina pilgrimage.
I extend my deepest thanks to Bishop Morlino for the opportunity to assist him and accompany him on the ad limina pilgrimage.
Agradeciendo en el Día de Acción de Gracias
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Queridos amigos:
Gracias a todos los que se unieron a nosotros sosteniéndonos con su oración mientras recientemente los Obispos nos reuníamos en Baltimore para nuestra asamblea anual de otoño. Esta reunión fue muy buena y muy alegre, en gran parte gracias al Arzobispo Timothy Dolan, su maravilloso sentido del humor y su determinación para hacer expeditos nuestros procedimientos usando todas las tácticas posibles. La aproximación del arzobispo significó para nosotros los obispos tener más tiempo para la compañía fraterna, y que la asamblea fuera un tiempo en el que el Espíritu Santo, a través del Arzobispo Dolan, y nuestro nuevo, amable y cálido Nuncio Apostólico, nos confirmaran en la fe.
El próximo domingo, por supuesto, rezaremos y celebraremos la Misa con el vocabulario más sacro de la nueva traducción del Misal, que es una renovada invitación a una mayor reverencia en misa de parte de todos nosotros.
Reflections on 9/11 and life in NYC
Editor’s note: Sr. M. Marcia Vinje, a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary, recently moved from Madison to work at Our Lady of Pity Parish in Staten Island, N.Y. Following are her reflections on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and other experiences.
The 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, are very much in the awareness of everyone in New York.
Everyone has a story about who they knew that died that day, or why their relative should have been at the World Trade Center but for various reasons they were not there that day or came later. The stories of God’s providence are phenomenal.
Masses promote Sheen canonization
To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Servant of God, a special celebration of “Masses Around the World” will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 9.