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		<title>Increase in vocations is a great blessing, offers hope</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are at the end of the July. The summer is passing quickly. I hope that you have been having a good and refreshing summer. We have had some hot and humid days, not unlike what I experienced during the summer in Pennsylvania. Still, I enjoy the warmth of summer and especially the opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eucharist helps us to be an evangelizing community</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy Cross Sisters
Two weeks ago, I was honored to visit and celebrate Holy Mass for the Sisters of the Holy Cross at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto in South Bend. I had already visited the communities of the Holy Cross Brothers and Priests in recent months. I have enjoyed getting to know the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop Rhoades celebrates first priestly ordination in diocese</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings in the grace and peace of Christ! I hope you are enjoying a good and refreshing beginning of the summer season. 
USCCB Assembly
I recently attended the spring assembly of the United States Bishops in St. Petersburg, Fla. On the way to Florida, I stopped home in Pennsylvania for the high school graduation of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Eucharist, the Church’s most precious treasure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Center for the Homeless
On the evening of Memorial Day, I had the pleasure of visiting the Center for the Homeless on Michigan Street in South Bend. The executive director, Steve Camilleri, invited me to participate in their weekly community meeting. The meeting began with the presentation of the colors, followed by announcements by Steve and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Holy Trinity, the greatest mystery of our faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trinity Sunday
This past Sunday, we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the greatest mystery of our faith, a mystery we cannot fully comprehend, but which Jesus revealed to us. He, the Son, revealed to us the Father and gave us the Holy Spirit. He revealed to us that God is eternal and infinite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Spirit is the principal agent of the Church’s evangelization</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pentecost Sunday
With the feast of Pentecost, we have come to the end of the Easter season. For 50 days, we have celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus, the crowning truth of our Catholic faith. On Pentecost, the Apostles, gathered in the upper room in Jerusalem with the Blessed Virgin Mary, received the Holy Spirit. The new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is good to remember the goodness of our mothers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother’s Day
I am writing this column on Mother’s Day, having returned from a Confirmation Mass at St. Michael Church in Plymouth. It is a sunny, yet chilly day. Happy (belated) Mother’s Day to all the mothers of our diocese! I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authentic hope comes from something beyond ourselves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 15:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Saint Francis
baccalaureate Mass
Greetings in the peace and joy of the Lord! I am writing this column on Saturday, May 1, having just returned from celebrating the baccalaureate Mass for the graduates of the University of Saint Francis. I need to write this before leaving this afternoon for South Bend for Confirmation Masses tonight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diocese marks vocations from diaconate to bishop emeritus</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations Bishop D’Arcy
This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of Bishop John M. D’Arcy’s installation as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. On behalf of all the faithful of our diocese, I offer grateful thanks and prayerful best wishes to our beloved bishop emeritus. 
On April 30, 1985, Bishop D’Arcy took canonical possession [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmations offer opportunity for new bishop to visit parishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confirmations
The busy Confirmation season is now in full swing for both me and Bishop D’Arcy. This past week, I enjoyed celebrating Confirmation Masses at three parishes of the diocese that I had not previously visited: Most Precious Blood and St. Jude parishes in Fort Wayne and St. Pius X parish in Granger. Actually, I celebrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sts. Faustina and Margaret Mary were  witnesses, messengers of God’s divine love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Divine Mercy Sunday
I am writing this column in the Detroit airport, during a short layover on my trip back to Fort Wayne from Harrisburg, where I baptized two infants, children of good friends, and where I dedicated a beautiful new St. Margaret Mary Church, a project I had worked on for five years. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus is alive and He is the  light of the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The peace and joy of the Risen Jesus be with you! We are now in the season of Easter, a celebration of 50 days which ends on Pentecost Sunday. I hope you all had a happy and blessed Easter Sunday. Prayerful best wishes to all who were baptized and/or received the sacraments of Confirmation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love is revealed most fully in self-giving sacrifice on the cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Palm Sunday
I am writing this column on Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. Though it has been a rainy day, it has been a good day to reflect on Our Lord’s messianic entrance into Jerusalem. At Mass this morning in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, I preached on the Passion and Death of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrimage was spiritually renewing and refreshing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy Land pilgrimage
I returned on March 16 from my pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre and the Knights of Malta. It was a spiritually renewing and refreshing experience to visit and pray at the many holy biblical sites, especially those associated with the life, death and resurrection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude for Haitian relief collection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My deep and heartfelt thanks to all the faithful of our diocese who contributed so generously to our special collection in January to assist the people of Haiti after the devastating earthquake there! As of March 2, we have collected $561,075 from our parishes. That is a tremendous contribution for the Church’s relief efforts in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May the Lord continue to bless you on your Lenten journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Msgr. J. William Lester
Last week, in this column, I wrote about the death of an exemplary and beloved priest of our diocese, Msgr. J. William Lester. This past Wednesday and Thursday, we celebrated the Church’s funeral rites for Monsignor. The outpouring of love for this good and humble priest of Jesus Christ was tremendous. Bishop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May the grace of this special season be with you all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lent
We have begun our Lenten journey. On Ash Wednesday, I was happy to see the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception filled with people, a sign of the vitality of the faith of this local Church. I am sure that churches throughout our diocese were filled as people attended Mass and received the blessed ashes on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lent reflects on our call to  prayer, fasting and almsgiving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, Valentine’s Day, I had the privilege of celebrating Holy Mass with our Vietnamese community at St. Patrick Church in Fort Wayne. Our Vietnamese brothers and sisters were celebrating Tet, the Lunar New Year. It was a beautiful celebration of faith and culture, reminding me of the wonderful diversity of the Church. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WELCOME MASS AT NOTRE DAME – FEBRUARY 9, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!”  These words of our responsorial psalm today truly express the sentiments of so many who visit this beautiful basilica, the lovely dwelling place of the Lord that stands prominently on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.  This basilica and its title are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Spirit at work building and sanctifying the Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this column on Super Bowl Sunday, having returned from celebrating a Confirmation Mass at St. Therese Church in Fort Wayne. This was my second Confirmation in the diocese. Celebrating this sacrament is one of my most enjoyable ministries as bishop. It was a joy today to bestow the gifts of the Holy [...]]]></description>
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