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Lay witness speakers begin sharing their faith with others

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This past June at the Stewardship Summit, Bishop Robert Gruss commissioned our first set of lay witness speakers. They were sent out this fall to the parishes to give their testimony on how they have experienced hospitality and how they extended hospitality to others. Our lay witness speakers are scheduled to speak or have spoken in 39 […]

Witness your amazing story to all you meet

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In 2008, I was part of the 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia. Many of our youth and young adults who participated encountered the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in their lives in a profound way — so profound that it changed their lives forever. They met the person of Christ in the […]

What it means to be a ‘person of communion’

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In September I attended the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors in St. Louis, Mo. One of the breakout sessions was led by Father James Mason, a priest from the Diocese of Sioux Falls. He shared this wonderful story about being a newly ordained priest at Sacred Heart Parish in Gettysburg. He was an associate […]

Make the most of opportunities to encounter mercy

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A Jubilee Year is drawing near. As we all know, Pope Francis has proclaimed an extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy. This Jubilee Year is to begin December 8, 2015, and will close on the Solemnity of Christ the King, November 20, 2016. He wrote in Misericordae Vultus: Bull of Indiction for the Holy Year of […]