How to shoot yourself in the foot

Nov 6/08 UPDATE: The document in question has finally been made available to the public. It is actually much more balanced and nuanced than first reported. I have to take back some of what I wrote below.  It seems that the additional comment at the bottom of the post is more accurate than I thought… [...]

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Sacro Convento in Palo Alto, California

Our first full day of the Sacro Convento experience is coming to an end. We are working with Friar Tom Speier, OFM who is leading us through our discovery of Franciscan Spirituality. Our approach as an Order is “story spirituality” and so today we told our “personal stories” in our small groups. It was quite [...]

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In the air again!

Well, after only about a month home since my vacation in September, I have once again taken to the skies! This time it’s a flight to San Francisco and a short drive to the small town of Palo Alto near Stanford University. I am staying at the Jesuit Retreat Center here for a two week [...]

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Archdiocese of Toronto Priests’ Seminar, part II

This week another 175 priests with pastoral mandates in the Archdiocese of Toronto will gather for the seminar.  It’s pretty much a repeat of last week. However, I didn’t get around to mentioning two additional excellent speakers at the priests’ seminar. We were fortunate to welcome Msgr. Bruce Harbert, the Executive Director of the International [...]

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Halloween Caution

Here’s something from my sister in Brossard, QC… reminding us that “moderation tastes better”!

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Gems from the Synod

Tom Rosica, csb, reports from the Synod about the final message which challenges us to connect the Word of God with real life. He has highlighted some key passages which are quite evocative!
“The last image of this spiritual map is the Road upon which the Word of God travels. … The Word of God must [...]

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Can women read?

The Synod on the Word of God got a surprise proposal from one of the bishops asking that women be formally installed as “lectors” as opposed to being extraordinary lectors.  It’s really a no-brainer! But of course, some people have not caught up with the fact that minor-orders came to an end. Our current ministry [...]

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A bishop and his priests

This morning’s session of the priests’ seminar was an open forum introduced by the relatively new Archbishop Thomas Collins (TC, as he is known in cyberspace!). The Archbishop Collins spent the first part of the morning offering various bit of information on topics of interest in the archdiocese including a new video on Catholic Cemeteries [...]

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Transitions are not always easy

Today the priest of Toronto gathered in Nottawasaga heard from two gift Canadians, Msgr Murra Kroetsch, a priest of the Diocese of Hamilton, Director of Liturgy and Pastor as well as from Fr. John Hibbard, a priest of the Archdiocese of Kingston, Pastor the the lovely parish of the Most Holy Rosary in Belleville (which [...]

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Archdiocese of Toronto priests gather

The first session of the annual priests’s gathering began this week at the Nottawasaga Resort near Alliston, Ontario. Some 175 priests came together for this first week of the seminar. Another group will come next week. The topic of this year’s seminar is the new translation in English of the 3rd edition of the Roman [...]

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