12 Octbre 2007
5 October 2007
Welcome back to my blog. We arrived back in Boston from the Catholic-Orthodox joint pilgrimage last Wednesday evening — Sept. 26 — and since then I have been attending meetings, events and two installation Masses.
On Sept. 28, I made a very brief trip to Pittsburgh for the installation of Bishop David Zubik, who had been the bishop of Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2589
28 September 2007
Catholic-Orthodox pilgrimage visits Istanbul, St Petersburg
Posted in: Main — Cardinal Sean @ 10:45 pm
This past week the Boston Catholic and Orthodox pilgrimage traveled to Istanbul and St. Petersburg. As you know from last week’s blog, our joint pilgrimage began in Rome. The group included many Catholic and Orthodox pilgrims from Boston, including myself and Metropolitan Methodios of the Greek Orthodox Church in Boston.
http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2451
Contiene un interesante reportaje gráfico sobre varias dependencias del vaticano y de su encuentro personal con Benedicto XVI.
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I am currently leading, together with Metropolitan Methodios of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston, a joint pilgrimage to Rome, Constantinople and Saint Petersburg. My blog gives me the opportunity to share the pilgrimage with Catholics from Boston and beyond who were unable to accompany us.
Before I left on the trip, we had a wonderful assembly of our clergy last Friday. About 450 were able to be with us. It was a time to pray and reflect together over our experiences as a diocese in the last few years. Bishop Robert Hennessey gave a very beautiful talk to open the meeting, which I think set the tone. Then there were group discussions, a presentation regarding the well-being of our priests, and I gave the closing address. We ended with a dinner and had a beautiful vespers service. Our priests worked very hard at preparing the day, and all that work paid off.
The event was an opportunity for us to come together and try to begin to prepare for the challenges ahead as we embark on our bicentennial — a new century in the life of the church of Boston. I think in general the reaction to the day was very positive, and I think everyone found it was a way in which we were able to deepen our commitment to the Lord and to one another in His ministry.
We will have another assembly in November, which will be a spiritual meeting in preparation for the evangelization program that is going to be a part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the archdiocese.
The pilgrimage left Boston on Sunday evening. Pilgrims spent Monday settling into our accommodations in Rome.
Here in Rome our presence is greeted very enthusiastically. People see this as a wonderful initiative and an important way of bringing our people together in a very practical way to have them pray together, be pilgrims together and learn more about each others’ Church. It’s a wonderful experience.
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