On Wednesday, November 28, Fr. Steve Brunovsky met with parishioners for a listing session on the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis. Click here to listen to the full session.
Q&A on the Abuse Crisis in the Church
Many seniors are unaware of the available care options and programs that can help maintain their independence and quality of life. Caring.com is a free resource that provides comprehensive information on topics like financial support, organizations, and available care options that are in every city in Ohio that can help senior citizens stay connected with their community. Click here to learn more about Caring.com and the available resources.
Assisted living facilities are an excellent option for elderly adults who are no longer able to live alone in their home, but don’t require the around-the-clock care provided in a nursing home. Unfortunately, it can be incredibly challenging for elders and their families to find affordable assisted living. Click here for more information and options.
International Friends Program connects international undergraduate students with local families to provide opportunity for the development of meaningful intercultural exchange, provides additional friendship and support for international students while they are in the USA. To learn more, click here for the brochure.
To sign up for the International Friends Program, visit https://www.uakron.edu/international/currentstudents/friends-program/.
Families: https://tinyurl.com/UAFamilyFriends
Students: https://tinyurl.com/StudentFriends
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship Videos
Inspire Catholics to Prayer and Action in Political Life,Apply Teachings of Pope Francis
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released videos to inspire prayer and action in political life and to help Catholics apply the Church’s teaching as handed down by Pope Francis. The scripts for the videos were approved by the full body of bishops at their November General Assembly in Baltimore. The videos complement Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the bishops’ teaching document for the faithful on the political responsibility of Catholics, and they seek to help the faithful participate in public life, prioritize faith over partisan politics, engage with civility, and respond to pressing issues of our day. Each video ends with a prayer.
The videos, which are available on the USCCB’s YouTube channel in four languages (English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese), are titled:
• Catholics Participate in Public Life
• Catholics Protect Human Life and Dignity
• Catholics Promote the Common Good
• Catholics Love their Neighbors
• Faithful Citizens Work with Christ as He Builds His Kingdom (a compilation of the four videos)
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the USCCB, served as chairman of the working group on Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. He emphasized the importance of these videos in advance of a heightened political season saying,
‘The bishops of the U.S. invite all Catholics to bring their faith into the public square. Political engagement and participation are important ways that together, we can work to protect the unborn, welcome immigrants, bring justice to victims of racism and religious intolerance, support families, accompany those experiencing poverty, and advocate on behalf of all who are vulnerable. As we enter an election year, these Faithful Citizenship videos are meant to help the faithful reflect on this call, and we hope they will be widely shared.’
In addition to several young adult voices, the videos also feature several bishops. The English language videos feature: Archbishop José H. Gomez, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, and Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles. The Spanish language videos feature: Archbishop José H. Gomez, Archbishop-designate Nelson J. Perez of Philadelphia, Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, and Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville. The videos in Tagalog feature Bishop Oscar A. Solis of Salt Lake City, and the videos produced in Vietnamese feature Auxiliary Bishop Thanh Thai Nguyen of Orange.
Additional supplemental resources are available at www.faithfulcitizenship.org and CivilizeIt.org.
Media and Videos
Lent 2020 – Meditation on 4th Sunday of Lent Readings
St. Hilary’s Director of Faith Formation for Adults, Randy Malick, shares a meditation for today’s readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent. (Sunday, March 22, 2020)
Passion Mission with Dr. John Wood
On Monday, March 2 we hosted Dr. John Wood for a one night parish mission. Dr. Wood is an actual eye doctor who has a passion for evangelization! His writing and mission presentations are reminders that we as Catholics are on mission to be saints in our own right, and to live our lives in such a way that we are also passing on the gift of faith to our children and grandchildren. Using the lives of the saints as our model, Dr. Wood lead us in discovering six steps to accomplish this goal.