For Catholic Christians on their Lenten
journeys, Dr. Scott Hahn provided some insight into his own personal journey —
one that led from being a Catholic-bashing evangelical Protestant to a devout
follower of Christ. Speaking March 6 before several hundred people at St. John
the Evangelist Church, Hahn recalled how, as an ordained Presbyterian minister,
he discovered a pastoral council that believed that faith was enough, regardless
of their acts of fraud, theft, and infidelity. After two years he resigned from
his congregation and went in search of another faith.
Author-lecturer Dr.
Scott Hahn addresses several hundred people at St. John the
Evangelist in Saint John, March 6. (Tim Hunt photo)
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listener's average attention span, said the head of
the synod office.
•
US medical teams in Haiti refocus medical care on
chronic illnesses
On
her second medical mission to Haiti since the Jan.
12 earthquake, Patty Skoglund, a disaster response
expert with Scripps Health in San Diego, sees an
evolution in medical treatment taking place. "It
went from a completely surgical focus to a
chronic-care focus," said Skoglund, whose team saw
200 patients at St. Francis de Sales Hospital in the
center of the most devastated part of the Haitian
capital March 1.
Ben Ross is a seminarian of
the Diocese of Gary. His monthly column now appears in the Northwest Indiana
Catholic.His eighth story:
"Intercessory
prayer — participation in Jesus’ priesthood"
can be found in the
February 21,
2010 print edition of the newspaper. He writes:
"Intercessory
prayer is one way that the people of God participate in the priesthood of Jesus
Christ, especially when they pray for and with their own parish priest. Their
prayers merge with the priest's and together as one Body — Jesus and his Bride —
they sanctify the world around them. To develop this image of bride and
bridegroom, just as the husband helps his wife reach heaven and the wife helps
her husband to the same, so, too, does the priest, in the person of Jesus
Christ, help his parishioners and the parishioners help their priest obtain the
eternal happiness of heaven." Subscribe now to read his story.Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today
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Saturday, March 13
• Confirmation — St. Mary, Kouts; St. John Bosco, St. Joseph, St. Margaret
Mary, Hammond; Sacred Heart, East Chicago at Holy Angels Cathedral, 10:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 14
• Confirmation — St. Thomas Aquinas, Knox, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, March 18
• Priests’ Personnel Board,
1:00 p.m.
• Confirmation —
Michigan City parishes at Notre Dame Parish, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 20
• Sacrament of Reconciliation — TAPT Retreat,
8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 21
• Confirmation — St. Mary, Griffith,
11:30 a.m.
March 7
Third
Sunday of Lent Exodus 3:1-8a. 13-15
Psalm 103:1-4, 6-8, 11
1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12|
Luke 13:1-9
March 8
St. John
of God 2 Kings 5:1-15b
Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3-4
Luke 4:24-30
March 9
St.
Frances of Rome Daniel 3:25, 34-43
Psalm 25:4-5b, 6, 7bc, 8-9
Matthew 18:21-35
March 10 Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
Psalm 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20
Matthew 5:17-19
March 11 Jeremiah 7:23-28
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9
Luke 11:14-23
March 12 Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm 81:6c-11b, 14, 17
Mark 12:28-34
March 13 Hosea 6:1-6
Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21b
Luke 18:9-14
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
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THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
March 14
Fourth
Sunday of Lent Joshua 5:9a, 10-12
Psalm 34:2-7
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
March 15 Isaiah 65:17-21
Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b
John 4:43-54
March 16 Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12
Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9
John 5:1-16
March 17
St.
Patrick Isaiah 49:8-15
Psalm 145:8-9, 13c-14, 17-18
John 5:17-30
March 18
St. Cyril
of Jerusalem Exodus 32:7-14
Psalm 106:19-23
John 5:31-47
March 19
St.
Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Psalm 89:2-5, 27, 29
Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Luke 2:41-51a
March 20 Jeremiah 11:18-20
Psalm 7:2-3, 9b-12
John 7:40-53
