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Public holy Masses resume
As we move once again into Ordinary Time, I pray you still feel in your hearts and know in your heads the hope, joy, love, peace, power and strength of the Easter season and the great feast of Pentecost. Today it is with great joy that I write once again to update you on our diocesan plan to resume the public celebration of the holy Mass.
Priests thank Bishop James P. Powers
Fr. John Gerritts wrote this letter to Bishop James P. Powers on behalf of priests serving in the diocese.
Communion services resume
As the Easter season is rapidly coming to an end, I pray the hope, joy, and peace of the risen Christ be with you today and every day. On this the Feast of St. Bernardine of Siena, how fitting it is that we call upon his intercession as we prepare to move forward in this time of pandemic. As a young boy, St. Bernardine helped many people during a time of pestilence.
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‘Walking the Good Red Road,’ May 17, ABC
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During pandemic, film, books will commemorate St. John Paul’s legacy
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Vatican releases book of pope’s homilies, prayers for ‘difficult times’
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