By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky ( bio - articles - email ) | Dec 28, 2020
On the feast of the Holy Family, it seemed appropriate to identify a few Church policies on marriage and family.
At this point, the Church’s policy is that marriage is between one man and one woman. Church’s policy requires that husband and wife should be faithful in marriage in an exclusive union, open to children, until the parting of death.
The Church also forbids the marriage of people of the same sex. Current Church policy does not permit contraception and homosexual behavior. Church policy has rules against divorce and remarriage. We don’t know what the policies will be in ten years.
Pinchbeck East and Spalding Primary Schools to join Infinity Academies Trust Published: 18:00, 20 December 2020
Two South Holland primary schools are set for a new era when they join a multi-academy trust in the new year.
Pinchbeck East and Surfleet Primary Schools are to become part of the Infinity Academies Trust, a network of five schools that includes Wyberton Primary Academy.
After forming the Welland Primary Schools Federation with Surfleet Primary School in September 2018, Pinchbeck East and Spalding are both converting to academy status, meaning they will be funded directly by the Government, rather than Lincolnshire County Council.
Pinchbeck East Primary School is to join the Infinity Academies Trust in the new year.
By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky ( bio - articles - email ) | Dec 14, 2020
Up until the Covid-19 pandemic, we went to Mass, celebrated the sacraments, supported the Church with our contributions, and hoped to go to heaven when we died. After the shutdown of the Masses, we entered into the bizarre virtual reality of the internet. Today we have virtual Masses livestreamed on the web, virtual sacraments, and perhaps, one speculates, a virtual heaven. Alas, the Vatican is finding it difficult to reconcile the new virtual reality with the sacramental life of the Church.
In the real world, it is usually a happy and healthy thing to react against the elites who disparage popular piety. So it’s good news that the Church’s teaching on indulgences seems to be making a comeback after many years of disfavor, following Vatican II, among the elites of the theological profession. In recovering the desire for indulgences, we are beginning to restore a healthy sense of sin
Gov. Ricketts, bishop speak on importance of mental health amid COVID-19 pandemic Share Updated: 11:52 AM CST Dec 14, 2020 Share Updated: 11:52 AM CST Dec 14, 2020
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Show Transcript born Francis. How are you? Yeah, no students. All right. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us for our briefing on the state s response to the pandemic. As always, remind people that even though our cases and hospitalizations air going down, we need people to continue to practice all the good tools that we ve been given to be able to slow down the spread of the virus. That means keep that 6 ft of distance between you and other people. When you re in public, where masseria goes store, wash your hands often for 20 seconds of the time. Work from home, if you can. If you re stick sick, please stay home. That s important to not making sure we not do not infect other people. Uh, no. Nebraskans or generally this time you wanna just soldier through the