Bishop says his Back to Better pastoral meant to be a message of hope On: 4/16/2021, By Rebecca Drake, , In: Nation
.Bishop William D. Byrne of Springfield, Mass., delivers his homily during the televised Easter Mass April, 4, 2021, at St. Michael s Cathedral in Springfield. Bishop Byrne has issued his first pastoral letter as Springfield s bishop since his Dec. 14, 2020, episcopal ordination and installation as head of the diocese. (CNS photo/Mary Jeanne Tash via Diocese of Springfield)
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CNS) Shortly after delivering an Easter homily in which he said the Resurrection is a call to build a culture of life, a culture of love. . We can t cancel, we counsel, Bishop William D. Byrne issued his first pastoral letter as Springfield s bishop.
Teri Clawson created the nonprofit Love Token to feed the homeless
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Traveling the roads in Davidson County, Teri Clawson is always staring out the window into wooded areas looking for moving shadows of humans or the outline of a tent. Especially if I am a passenger in a car, I am staring out the window wondering if I see a tent just through the trees, or was that a person walking, said the Welcome community resident. I wonder if other people do that. I can t help it. It s what I do.
Clawson is the founder of Love Token, a Davidson County charity dedicated to helping the homeless, particularly those who cannot or will not go to Davidson County First Hope Ministry homeless shelters in Lexington, formerly called Crisis Ministry.
DETROIT (CNS) Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron reflected on these words of St. Paul s Second Letter to the Corinthians, which are meant not just for a specific people at a specific time, but are intended for the faithful here and today. Ash Wednesday is a time of salvation, even amid a pandemic that has caused much suffering and economic strife, he told the congregation gathered at St. Aloysius Church Feb. 17,
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