Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
September 1, 2024
The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord
(Psalm 15:1a)
Calling for YOUR Input! What can AUSCP be for you?
Dear Members and Friends,
Thank you for being with AUSCP, whether you joined on your own, received membership as a gift, or are involved as a Friend. As I told our brothers who were ordained this year, we cannot be an association of US priests unless we are open to the wishes and needs of ALL Catholic priests in the United States, regardless of their age, ministry, or even theological or ecclesiological perspective, and unless we engage with the wider Church as collaborators.
Our mission is clear. We are a home for the People of God. We offer mutual support through contemplation, dialogue, and prophetic action. Dialogue requires partners, not just people of one vision but of many visions to approach the truth that is Christ.
We serve in the line of Melchizedek, a man of righteousness and peace. Through the Eucharist, we lead God’s people to the Real Presence of the Risen Christ in the consecrated host and in other places where He is not easily seen, wherever two or more are gathered.
Fellow priests, our work is challenging and often tiring. We don’t always find the support we need. We are expected to know more than any human can possibly know. We can be lonely and without opportunities to refresh ourselves in healthy ways. Perhaps we are without the time and resources needed to keep up with the best practices for our ministries.
And so I ask you: “What do you need? What do you want? What can we do in an association that we cannot do alone?” What do you want your association to be for you? What topics need to be better addressed? What issues need to be tackled? What new frontiers need exploration? What resources are required? How can our working groups, assemblies, webinars, and Friends better serve the membership? Let us know. Send your ideas of what you want AUSCP to be for you, and tell us if you can play a role in helping make them real. Send them to me (auscpexdir@gmail.com) or to the office (auscpoffice2011@gmail.com). We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours in the Risen Christ,
Steve Newton, CSC, AUSCP Executive Director
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Women and Priests–Conversations in the Spirit
Interactive webinar series hosted by AUSCP Women in the Church Working Group
Should she stay or should she go now? How could the church walk more closely with young women?
Join us September 18th, 2024 at 1 PM EST for an interactive webinar dedicated to St. Phoebe and hosted by the Women in the Church Working Group for AUSCP. Women, bring your clergy! Clergy, bring women from your parish. Julia Oseka is the keynote speaker. Julia is a Polish native and young adult synod delegate and was chosen as one of ten non-bishop voting members from the United States and Canada who will be at the upcoming Synod on Synodality in October. Your input matters!
Special Note: Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, NM, and Synod delegate Cynthia Bailey Manns will join our conversation.
Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/
We need volunteers to be Synodal Facilitators. Indicate your interest when you register. Synodal facilitators will need to go through online training and will be a part of a pre-call briefing on September 16, 2024 from 7-7:45 PM.
Laudato Si’ Movement: Season of Creation
God calls us to put our faith into practice We’re looking forward to celebrating the Season of Creation with you and being concrete signs of the first fruits of the Spirit (cf. Rom 8:23). Just two weeks left to start!
The season is a precious opportunity to hope and act with God’s gift of creation. We invite you to join the global Christian family for an online prayer service: Sunday, September 1, the World Day of Prayer for Creation, 9:00 AM Eastern Time.
During our prayer service, we’ll plant the seeds of action that will blossom into hope, and the hope that will blossom into action.
Join this special prayer service on September 1st:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Videos from 2024 AUSCP Assembly are published here:
Eucharist: Sacrament of Encounter
Retreat: Bishop John Stowe
Speakers: Fr. Tom Reese, SJ, Fr. Michael Driscoll, Dr. Kim Harris
Faith and the Faithful and the 2024 Presidential Election:
Political Realities and Catholic Social Teaching
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 – 6:00 – 7:00 PM EDT
Georgetown University – Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center
Livestreamed: RSVP
Your Conscience, Your Vote: Voting as a Discerning Catholic in 2024
As election day draws closer, the AUSCP offers a collection of news, opinions, and resources to help you in discernment: