It appears that the “Christmas Collection” is actually New year’s.
No change in stewardship.
Two additional Families pledged.Total Parish Pledges decreased by $455. Overpayments increased by nearly $3,000.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Chicago Catholics to See Letter on Abuse This Sunday | NBC Chicago
Next week the Chicago Archdiocese will release the names and details of 30 priests involved in sexual misconduct, and the information will grace the bulletins for thousands of Catholics this weekend. The disclosures are part of a settlement agreement ongoing for years. The church notes that most of these cases are from 20 years ago.
Cardinal Francis George has written a letter to all priests under his supervision, and requested that his letter be published in this Sunday’s parish bulletins, hoping to get in front of what he explains will be the “the actual records of these crimes.”
“It will be helpful, we pray, for some," George said. "But painful for many.”
Sunday, January 5, 2014
The Pope Francis effect: numbers of Mass-goers in Ireland leaps | Irish News | IrishCentral
The popularity of Pope Francis continues to grow within the Catholic Church in Ireland and in America.
A survey conducted by The Irish Catholic this week found that the overwhelming majority of dioceses reported huge increases in the numbers of massgoers over Christmas as the faithful returned.
Similarly, CNN recently reported that the new Pope is hugely popular in the United States.
This increase in congregations in Ireland has been credited to the people-friendly new pope,
Read the entire article by clicking on the following: The Pope Francis effect: numbers of Mass-goers in Ireland leaps | Irish News | IrishCentral
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Monsignor William Lynn's attorney calls Phila DA Seth Williams unprofessional for remarks about case. - Morning Call
The lawyer representing the Catholic church official whose child-endangerment conviction was overturned last week by the state Superior Court said Thursday that District Attorney Seth Williams was "unprofessional" for criticizing the ruling and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's decision to pay his client's bail.
Thomas Bergstrom said he will send letters to the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania detailing Williams' misconduct in response to Monsignor William Lynn's case.
"I think Williams is way out of line. He's a lawyer, he's a public servant, an officer of the court. He is denigrating the court and denigrating the archdiocese for assisting in the posting of bail for what is — at the moment — an innocent man," Bergstrom told the Daily News.
Convicted Monsignor Free From Prison | NBC 10 Philadelphia
Lynn left the prison in Waymart in northeastern Pennsylvania around 10 a.m. Thursday, prison spokeswoman Terri Fazio said, and was taken by the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia where he spent the night.
Related Stories Friday morning Lynn was released to an undisclosed location in the city after being fitted with an electronic monitoring device.
The attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, declined to say where in Philadelphia his client will live while prosecutors appeal the Superior Court ruling. He did however confirm that Lynn will be back in court for a hearing Monday.
Click on the following for more details: Convicted Monsignor Free From Prison | NBC 10 Philadelphia
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Weekly Contributions for the weekend of December 29, 2013
No change in Stewardship.
This are last week’s numbers.
D.A. blasts archdiocese for helping Lynn make bail - Philly.com
PHILADELPHIA District Attorney Seth Williams blasted the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Tuesday for helping Msgr. William J. Lynn post bail after an appeals court overturned his conviction for crimes related to sex abuse in the church.
Lynn needed to post 10 percent of the $250,000 bail set by Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina.
Williams said the archdiocese posted the $25,000. The archdiocese, through a spokesman, would only confirm that it assisted with Lynn's bail. The state Department of Corrections website showed that Lynn remained in custody…http://robertelena.ourwedding.com/view/6650626613951721/27657913.
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