November 3, 2002
Daughters of Mary
Vote
on Tuesday
In
an era when more and more people worldwide are gaining the right to
vote, fewer Americans take
advantage of this right. More than fifty million eligible Americans
are not registered to vote. In the November 1996 elections, only 49
percent of eligible voters went to the polls.
Catholic social teaching strongly promotes active citizenship. In their
1999 statement Faithful
Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium, the bishops
state, "In the Catholic tradition,
responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political
process is a moral obligation"
So...take some time to look into the candidates who’ll best represent
the values we want to see grow in our nation and let’s exercise
one of the most beloved privileges of our land: vote!
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Past Columns:
Oct27: Father
Richard
Oct 20: Changing
Seasons
Oct 13:Technology
Update
Oct 6: Youth Ministers
Sept 29: Who's
Here?
Sept 22: God
the Unfair
Sept 15: The
Joy of Judy
Sept 8: Facing the
Terrible Day
Sep 1: Sharing the
Faith
Aug 25:Empty Shelves
Aug 18: Comemmorating
Sept. 11th
Aug 11: Taking Time
To See
August 4: Moving
Music
July 28:Meet
the Missionaries
July 21:
Press One Now
July 14: Having
Our Say
July 6: One
Nation Under God
June 30: Anointing
the Sick
June 23: Giving Thanks
to God
June 16: Father's
Day
June 9: Fall Mass
Schedule
June 2: Summer Plans
May 26: Spreading
the Faith
May 19: Passing Grace
May 12: Changing
Times
May 5: Reason for Hope
April 28: Changing
Ministry
April 21: The Poor Are Hurt
Again
April 14: Celebrating
50 Days
April 7: Where have
they put him?
March 31: Alleluia!
Alleluia!
March 24: Hardly
Hosanna
March 17: Roll The
Stone Back
March 10: Here's
Mud In Your Eye
March 3: Our Local
Drought
Feb 24: Welcoming
Bishop Murphy
Feb 17: We Will Rise
Again
Feb 10: Very
Good Now
Feb 3: The Multi
Cultural Church
Jan 27: Appealing
Words
Jan 20:Our
Wonderful School
Jan 13: Changing
Times
Jan 6: Farewell Father
Augustine
We recently received news from the religious
superior of the Daughters of Mary that Sister Marcelle will be transferred
to a new pastoral assignment later this month. In her place, they are
sending Sister Bruno to continue ministering here with Sister Cecilia.
Sister Marcelle has ministered to many people
in our community for the past years. While many of our staff members are
“specialists”, Sister Marcelle has been involved in many aspects
of parish life including Religious Education, Parish Outreach, immigration
ministry, music ministry, eucharistic ministry, youth ministry, to name
a few. While much of her work has been in the Haitian community, Sister
Marcelle’s life among us has touched so many in our community across
so many cultures.
I am so grateful to the Daughters of Mary for their commitment to serving our parish. Sister Marcelle, Sister Cecilia and now Sister Bruno are signs of Mary’s care for her children, signs of the compassion of Jesus, signs of the love of God.
We will continue to pray for them in their ministry in the days and years ahead.
