On Sunday, 4 Nov 2007, Bishop Loverde will celebrate the 5:00 pm Mass at St. Thomas More. Fr. Peffley,
Fr. Lundberg and several other Legion priests will concelebrate. The Mass will commemorate the death of Frank Duff, who died on 7 Nov 1980. Please invite all active and auxiliary members to attend.
A reception at the Diocesan Center will follow the Mass. All are invited.
Rose Andres, Assistant Secretary of the LA Senatus fell asleep in the Lord at 6:45 Pacific Time, on Saturday, October 27th. Please keep her in your prayers.
Saturday Oct 27th, California time, Rose Andres, Asst Secretary of the Los Angeles Senatus is in the hospital and comatose. She was just at her Senatus meeting last week and Affirmation Sunday last Sunday. I don’t know the details yet. She has been kind enough to be taking care of sending Senatus newsnotes and agenda for several months now, since the Senatus stopped using an outside firm and it is commendable that she volunteered to do this. Please pray for her health as this is all very sudden!
Thanks!
Through Jesus and Mary,
VATICAN CITY, OCT 24, 2007 (VIS) - During today’s general audience, Benedict XVI continued his series of catecheses dedicated to Fathers of the Church, turning his attention to the figure of St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan. The audience, held in St. Peter’s Square, was attended by more than 30,000 people.
It was from Origen that Ambrose (ca. 340-397), considered to be one of the four greatest Doctors of the Church, learnt to know and comment the Bible. It was Ambrose, the Pope explained, who “brought meditation upon the Scriptures into the Latin world, … introducing the practice of ‘lectio divina’ to the West.” This practice “guided all his own preaching and writing which flow, in fact, from his listening … to the Word of God.”
With him catechumens “learnt first the art of correct living” in order “to be prepared for the great Mysteries of Christ.” His preaching was founded on “the reading of Sacred Scripture” with the aim of “living in conformity with divine Revelation.
“It is evident,” the Pope added, “that the preacher’s personal witness and the exemplary nature of the Christian community influence the effectiveness of preaching. … From this point of view, one decisive factor is life context, the reality of how the Word is lived.”
Benedict XVI recalled the fact that St. Augustine in his Confessions recounts how his own conversion was not due “chiefly to the beautiful homilies” of Ambrose, whom he knew in Milan, but above all “to the witness of the bishop and of his Milanese Church, who sang and prayed together like one single body.” Augustine also tells of his surprise at seeing how Ambrose, when he was alone, would read the Scriptures without moving his lips, because at that time reading was considered as something to be proclaimed out loud in order to facilitate its comprehension.
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October 19, 2007
To all our family and friends praying for George,
Be assured that God is answering your prayers. George was released from Georgetown University Hospital on Thursday, Oct. 18 and is now an in-patient at the Mount Vernon Rehabilitation Center in Northern Virginia. He is beginning an intensive rehabilitation program. We don’t know yet how long he will be there.
Please continue to pray for George. He has a lot of healing to do, including the tear in his carotid artery which caused the stroke.
God bless you all for your prayers and support.
George and Monica
VATICAN CITY, OCT 19, 2007 (VIS) …
Benedict XVI warned that “the noticeable reduction in the number of canonical marriages is a real challenge facing the family. … Civil legislation, the weakening of the family structure, and the weight of certain traditional practices, especially the exorbitant cost of dowries, are a real brake on young people’s commitment to marriage.”
“What is needed,” the Holy Father concluded, “is a profound pastoral reflection in order to promote the dignity of Christian marriage, the reflection and realization of Christ’s love for His Church. It is important to help couples to achieve the human and spiritual maturity necessary to undertake … their mission as Christian spouses and parents, reminding them that their love is unique, indissoluble, and that marriage contributes to the full realization of their human and Christian vocation.”
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VATICAN CITY, OCT 18, 2007 (VIS) - Made public today was the text of an address delivered by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, Ireland, at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s Encyclical “Populorum Progressio.”
Archbishop Martin began his English-language talk by recalling how “it was the challenge of addressing the needs of the poorest nations and their peoples which led the Pope to write his Encyclical.”
“Populorum Progressio,” said the archbishop, was “the first social Encyclical to be written after Vatican Council II, an event which had among its aims that of establishing a new way of looking at the relationship between the Church and the world.”
“Authentic development is one of the key concepts of ‘Populorum Progressio’,” he continued, indicating that such a concept “also touches on the very nature of the human person and the response we need to make to his or her needs.”
“Were Pope Paul here with us today he would certainly be saying thanks to all those who have given themselves in the service of humanity within the U.N. system. He would surely also certainly be making remarks on the slow progress of U.N. reform. We need a well-functioning U.N. Today’s possibilities for inter-connectivity among peoples offer new and innovative ways of cooperation, also within the U.N. system.”
“In talking about responsibility for development and of international cooperation,” said Archbishop Martin, “the Encyclical “consistently stresses the role of public authorities. This recalls today’s debate about both good governance and the important role of politics.”
“Politics,” he concluded, “is an essential dimension of the construction of society. We need around the world a new revival of politics. Around the world we need a new generation of politicians inspired by ideals, but also capable of taking the risks involved in transmitting those ideals into the ‘possible,’ through the optimum use of resources and talents to foster the good of all.”
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Oct. 12, 2007
Each day brings some progress that shows us God hears the multitude of prayers being offered for George. The most important news is that George is becoming medically stable, which is a prerequesite for release to a rehabilitation center. We thank God each day for what He has given us and for your generosity in offering prayers for George. Please continue praying.
May God bless all of you,
George and Monica Bonina
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