St. Louis Assembly to Include Optional Visit with Alex Garcia in Sanctuary
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Priests ask bishops for end of secrecy, clericalism, and call for dialogue
IN ADVANCE OF THE USCCB JUNE 2019 MEETING Father Kevin Clinton, chair of the AUSCP Leadership Team, sent a letter to U.S. bishops. The text of that letter follows. Dear Bishop … Pope Francis is calling us to become a deeply synodal and not only a hierarchical Church. We support…
AUSCP 2019 Leadership Team Nominees
This year we have one member of the Leadership Team (LT) eligible for re-election and three who are completing two terms and thus are not eligible for re-election. Those who are completing two three-year terms are: Bob Bonnot, Kevin Clinton, and Jim Kiesel. Louie Arceneaux, CM (Congregation of the Mission), Secretary for Leadership Team 2016-2019, is completing his first term and is eligible for re-election.…
Assembly Day Rates, More Information about St. Louis Assembly
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Assembly Information, Nominations Requested for Leadership
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Lenten Message from Catholic Climate Covenant
Lent offers us a new opportunity to examine our lifestyles. In his Lenten reflection, Pope Francis puts fasting, praying and almsgiving in a creation care frame. It might be good for all of us to reflect on this: “Fasting, that is, learning to change our attitude towards others and all of creation,…
AUSCP, Contemplation, and Black History Month
AUSCP & Contemplation During AUSCP’s 2019 Assembly in St. Louis, Sr. Suzanne Giblin, CSJ, will lead us in contemplative dialogue and prayer. AUSCP’s Leadership Team met with her during our January Retreat. She left us all a more deeply bonded group with one another and our Triune God. She is working with…
New Report on Priesthood & Ministry
An NCR article by Peter Feuerherd (NCR online 2/5/19) draws attention to a Boston College report released in December 2018. The paper, titled “To Serve the People of God: Renewing the Conversation on Priesthood and Ministry,” argues that sacramental doctrine is a starting point in transforming seminary formation. First comes baptism, then comes holy…