Today, in Hanceville, AL., Bishop Baker will celebrate Mass and dedicate a Marian shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes, while formally celebrating the Day of Prayer that he declared should be observed by the entire Diocese of Birmingham to intercede to God in these troubling times.
From the Birmingham News:
The Lourdes Grotto, a replica of [...]
Day of Prayer Declared by Bishop Baker
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Our Lady of the Rosary
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One of my favorite books, co-authored with Amy, shortly after Pope John Paul II added the luminous mysteries. It is written according to his suggestions that he laid out in his Apostolic Letter on the rosary.Praying the Rosary: With the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries
Rabbi Speaks at Synod
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From the New York Times:
The first rabbi invited to address the Vatican’s annual synod of bishops criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Monday and indirectly touched on a main sticking point in Roman Catholic-Jewish relations: the church’s efforts on behalf of Jews during World War II. The chief rabbi of Haifa, Shear-Yashuv Cohen, above, described a speech [...]
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