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We the Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Scranton,
in union with our Holy Father, the Pope, are called
through baptism to share in the mission which Jesus
Christ has entrusted to the One, Holy, Catholic and
Apostolic Church. Priests, deacons, religious and laity,
under the leadership of our Bishop, cooperate to
proclaim the Gospel in accordance with the teaching of
the Church, to celebrate the sacraments, especially the
Eucharist, for the salvation of all, and to witness by
grace to the Kingdom of God so as to promote a culture
of life, justice and peace.
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This Issue:
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| Holy
See Appeals For Nuclear Disarmament |
| Beginning
Experience Weekend Set for November 3 |
| Rachel’s
Vineyard Offers Post-Abortion Healing |
| Worldwide
Marriage Encounter Weekend Being Held in Diocese |
Holy See Appeals For Nuclear Disarmament |
Archbishop
Celestino Migliore, the permanent observer of
the Holy See to the UN, intervened before the
61st session of the General Assembly on all
disarmament and international security items.
He said: “The
Holy See takes this opportunity to appeal again
to the international community to establish an
obligatory legal framework aimed at regulating
the trade of conventional weapons of any type,
as well as regulating the know-how and
technology of their production.”
With reference to
nuclear weapons, he stressed the urgent need for
dialogue on this issue. He said: “My
delegation agrees that the international
community seems almost to be sleepwalking down
the path (...), in which rapidly growing numbers
of states feel obliged to arm themselves with
nuclear weapons and the threat of nuclear
terrorism grows.”
Archbishop
Migliore emphasized the fact that the Holy See
has, many times “asked that those governments
which openly or secretly possess nuclear arms,
or those planning to acquire them, agree to
change their course by clear and firm decisions,
and strive for a progressive and concerted
nuclear disarmament. Policies of nuclear
deterrence, typical of the Cold War, can and
must be replaced by concrete measures of
disarmament based on dialogue and multilateral
negotiations.” |
Beginning Experience Weekend Set for November 3 |
Beginning
Experience, a peer ministry for the divorced,
widowed and separated, is offering a weekend
program on Nov. 3-5 at Fatima Center in Dalton.
The process of the weekend enables men and women
suffering the loss of a relationship to put
closure on their past and move toward renewed
hope.
The loss of a
spouse is one of life’s most traumatic
experiences, and it can result in nearly
unbearable feelings of loneliness and grief. The
Beginning Experience weekend program creates an
atmosphere of care and concern that helps
grieving persons emerge from the darkness of
grief into renewed hope.
The weekend
consists of talks given by team members followed
by personal private reflection and small group
sharing. It is a healing journey through which a
deep sense of community develops. For
information, please contact Shirley at 654-9523
or Gregory at 868-8740. |
Rachel’s Vineyard Offers Post-Abortion Healing |
A Rachel’s
Vineyard Retreat will be held Nov. 10–12. This
confidential weekend retreat facilitates
spiritual and emotional healing for men and
women struggling with the pain of abortion.
Exercises based on
Scripture are designed to help participants
experience God’s mercy and compassion, and to
reconcile with their Church, their child, and
with themselves. The retreat concludes with a
Memorial Service and Mass of Resurrection.
Financial
assistance is available. For registration
information contact Denise Rowinski at
570-822-7118, ext. 307, or drowinski@csswb.org.
For other retreat locations contact
1-877-HOPE-4-ME, or www.rachelsvineyard.org. |
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend Being Held
in Diocese |
A Worldwide
Marriage Encounter weekend will be held in the
Diocese on Nov. 10-12 at the Villa of our Lady
Retreat House in Mount Pocono. WWME is a
Catholic movement (open to all faiths) designed
to enrich and deepen the relationship of married
couples.
Mary Ann
Paulukonis, family life director of the Diocese
of Scranton, stated, “Worldwide Marriage
Encounter has for many years provided marvelous
marriage enrichment in our Diocese. WWME has
helped hundreds of couples strengthen their
love, thereby creating happier and healthier
homes for their children. I wish every couple
would attend a weekend to focus on their
marriage. Many years ago my husband and I
attended a WWME weekend and were rather
skeptical. However, after attending the weekend
we were delighted about what it did for our
relationship.”
Earlier this year,
Franciscan Retreats presented its 2006 award to
Worldwide Marriage Encounter.
For more
information about WWME or to register for the
weekend, call 800-787-7679 or visit the website
at www.wwme-nepa.org.
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