Category: Church
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wichita falls to lose catholic medicine
United Regional Health Care System (URHCS) announced that The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth are leaving effective July 31st from their Wichita Falls medical operations. Catholic-sponsored health care started in Wichita Falls in 1935 with the Sisters opened Bethania Hospital on 11th Street and moved into a convent across the street. Over the…
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An Introduction to Opus Dei
Opus Dei : An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church by John L. Allen Opus Dei, literally “The Work of God”, is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. It’s like a diocese, but not. It’s like a religious order, but not. It is an…
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so they did respond
The Legionaries of Christ responded to the communique that was released by the Vatican today. I am not aware of the facts of the case at hand, but the response seems a bit too martyrish for me. I’ll let you judge for yourself. The full statement: In reference to the news regarding the conclusion of…
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vatican has something to say about LC’s founder
In today’s Vatican Information Service bulletin, a communique concerning the founder of the Legionaries of Christ was released. Previously, accusations of crimes against him was filed with the Congregation for the Doctrine and of the Faith in the late 1990s. Fr. Marcial, LC, denied the accusations and expressed his displeasure with them. The case was…
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assembly day one: mission direction statement
After prayer, we opened the Paulist Pre-Assembly with a look at the Paulist Mission Direction Statement (MDS). The MDS, in short, covers four main points of direction for the Paulists: Evangelization Christian Unity Reconciliation Interreligious Relations There was a good conversation about it and a strong desire to find some other way to word it.…
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traveling to paulist pre-assembly
On Tuesday, I flew from Ausin to New York CIty (LGA). I haven’t flown much and so far, every place I have traveled to included a direct flight. American, my airline of choice, doesn’t fly to LGA direct so I had to connect at DFW. I arrive in DFW after an uneventful, on time flght…