{"id":5451,"date":"2006-10-04T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/speaking-of-bishops-speaking.html"},"modified":"2006-10-04T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2006-10-04T13:12:28","slug":"speaking-of-bishops-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/speaking-of-bishops-speaking.html","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of Bishops Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the agenda for the November meeting:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will hold its fall meeting at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel, November 13-16, 2006. The agenda will include: approval of a reorganization plan for their national conference; approval of a revision of the Lectionary for Mass for selected days in the season of Advent, and a directory for music and the liturgy for use in the dioceses of the United States; approval of two documents from their Doctrine Committee- a proposed statement on receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist worthily, and proposed guidelines for ministry to persons with a homosexual inclination; and a document from the Pro-Life Committee offering pastoral guidance on the Church\u2019s teaching concerning contraception, linked with a culture of life. The bishops will also elect a new Conference Secretary and several committee chairmen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Archbishop Chaput at the Harrisburg Red Mass:<\/a><\/p>\n

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When people claim they\u2019re Catholic but do nothing in the public square to advance the Christian understanding of each human person\u2019s dignity, they\u2019re deceiving themselves and other people — but they\u2019re not fooling God,\u201d the archbishop said, naming areas of concern to Catholics, such as embryonic stem-cell research, abortion, assisted suicide, marriage, immigration, poverty and the disabled. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to drill it into our heads that defending the sanctity of the human person and serving the common good can\u2019t be separated,\u201d he said. \u201cStuffing our Catholic faith in a closet when we enter the public square or join a public debate isn\u2019t good manners, and it isn\u2019t political courtesy. It\u2019s cowardice. And we\u2019ll be judged for that cowardice by the God who created us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always easier to talk about social justice or political reform when the target of the reform is \u2018out there,\u2019 rather than in here,\u201d he continued.  <\/p>\n

\u201cThe world does need to change, and in your vocation as public leaders, God is calling you to pursue that task with justice and charity; with a love for the common good and a reverence for human life,\u201d he said. \u201cThe world needs committed Catholic laypeople like yourselves to lead with humility, courage and love.  <\/p>\n

\u201cBut what it [the world] needs more than anything else is holiness \u2013 holy men and women who love Jesus Christ and God\u2019s Word more than they love their own careers and agendas,\u201d he challenged<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This weekend, Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix will release a booklet called "Catholics in the Public Square." <\/a>It should be well worth a read. The word regularly comes up from Phoenix that Bishop Olmsted is a humble, Christ-like witness in his diocese, arriving from Wichita in his old car with a couple of boxes of books to his name, regularly doing sidewalk praying and counseling outside of the Planned Parenthood clinic…and more. I know they are very grateful for their bishop down there in Phoenix. <\/p>\n

(Plus…we’re also huge fans of Bishop Olmsted around here for restoring the proper order of the Sacraments of Initiation in his diocese.)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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