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Marriage Convalidation Retreat
January 28, 2012 - 8:15am
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January 28, 2012 - 8:30am
Domestic Violence conference
January 28, 2012 - 9:00am
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January 28, 2012 - 11:00am
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My Catholic Catechism

136: God is the author of Sacred Scripture because he inspired its human authors; he acts in them and by means of them. He thus gives assurance that their writings teach without error his saving truth.
(cf. DV 11)
Catechism of the Catholic Church

To read the Catechism of the Catholic Church online, go to
www.vatican.va/archive/catechism
/ccc_toc.htm
Rockford Youth March for Life in Washington, D.C.!

Four buses filled with young people and representatives from the Diocesan Respect Life Office participated in the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. More about the March can be found in the Jan. 27 issue of The Observer.

Father Joseph Naill and Msgr. Eric Barr explain changes in the Mass

Click the links below to find out why the Mass was changed and what the changes mean.

Watch Part one of the "And With Your Spirit" series which features an overview of why the changes have come about by Father Joseph Naill, director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Diocese of Rockford and pastor of St. Mary Parish in Oregon.
Click here for Part 1

Part Two features a presentation by Monsignor Eric Barr, Vicar General for the Diocese of Rockford and pastor of St. Mary Parish, Durand, which explains to viewers exactly what words are changing in the language of the Mass.
Click here for Part 2
Pope Benedict names Msgr. David Kagan, P.A., Bishop of the Diocese
of Bismarck


By Penny Wiegert
Editor

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. David Kagan, P.A., to be the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck, ND. The appointment was announced in Washington early Wednesday, Oct. 19, by the apostolic nunciature office and a press conference was held in Bismarck at 10:30 a.m. the same day.

Bishop-elect Kagan, 61, succeeds Bishop Paul A. Zipfel, 76, who has served as the Bishop of Bismarck since 1997. In naming a successor to Bishop Zipfel, Pope Benedict also accepted Bishop Zipfel's resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese, which he submitted at the mandatory retirement age of 75.

"It is with profound gratitude to Almighty God and to Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, that I have been named to be the next Bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota. I am humbled by our Holy Father's appointment and I need and ask for prayers that I may fulfill this new ministry after the Heart of Christ Jesus, the Eternal High Priest," Bishop-elect Kagan told The Observer

Diocesan Pastoral Council identifies pastoral priorities

In the summer of 2009 Bishop Doran requested the Diocesan Pastoral Council to identify areas of pastoral concerns and make recommendations to him about them. This work was largely completed at the September 11, 2010 meeting and unanimously approved at the March 5, 2011 meeting.

The Council reviewed 11 concerns, accompanied by recommendations that were raised by the body in 2003. It then used a Prioritization Matrix System to identify the most important concerns that remain unaddressed. The top four pastoral concerns, ranked in order of importance, are listed here. In each section the 2010 recommendations are preceded by narratives from the original 2003 document and the responses the Rockford Diocese provided in 2009.

See the four areas of concern in the full document...
 
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