What if we have to start over? Church buildings have fallen into ruin once more as they have in the past. What if Catholic Schools — as strong in academics as they are,—what if they are on their way out? There were over a thousand children in my elementary school when I went. My high School was a respected Catholic school with over eight hundred in attendance each day. Both schools are long gone. I have been a pastor of four elementary schools.
Each of these schools were staffed with administrators who had no business managing anything much less a Catholic school. The administrators had long ago separated from the mission of the parish. Each principal developed their own turf-school. We are raising up smart citizens to compete in a complex society.
We are not inspiring a new way of living in discipleship and in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is not an actively immigrant country anymore. There are two hundred children in our parochial school and a similar amount in our religious education program. They are not present at the Eucharist on Sundays.
The school system of discipleship is over now. We have to re-imagine the church. Catholic home-schooling may be closer to the ideal of forming disciples than anything else. It seems to me that we have to renounce secularism and the creed of self. With that basis, parents can actually pass on the basics of the Faith and the entire family develops together. The domestic church may not be the entire answer but it must be a foundation for a re-vitalized church.
It is about the future of the Catholic Church in our country. He surprised me with the idea that he foresaw that he would likely die in a hospital bed and his successor would die in a prison cell. Then, the next bishop would die in the public square. The following successor would work to restore the local Church.
Opinions based on religious beliefs are simply censured because they oppose the prevailing woke culture. Never mind the first amendment. Prevailing mores concerning transgender equity, homosexual marriage and abortion rights, for example, are sacred cows.
Contrary opinions are not allowed by the woke culture. I am waiting for the moment when someone stands up during a homily to challenge me concerning current beliefs on freedom.
Why are you against inclusion? I may be sued someday for refusing to marry two gay individuals. I may end up in jail for preaching sacred gender as presented in Genesis.
Some deranged person might decide to shoot me since he has a right to carry in the confessional because I represented Catholic Church morals opposed to the prevailing mores on marriage.
Praxedes in Rome. Praxedes was a second century Christian woman who did all she could to rescue her contemporaries who were trying to live up to the Christian way of living at a time when the Church was suffering persecution. She hid Christians, fed them, ransomed them and finally gave her life for Christ. Her church is built on the ruins of her family home and is a reminder that we today might very well have to face persecution and death for beliefs.
We, too, might have to die in the public square. Along the way, Dante is accompanied by a guide who knows the way through the stages of life. Poetry sheds light on the ordinary details of life and helps us to see how these insights make common things unique.
Artists learn to show us how to see. Van Gough paints a small boat floating on a tranquil river and I see what he wants me to see, the water is shimmering and alive as it moves. The artist Kay Dyer paints but this time in words when she looks down a well for stars at night. And, there they were. I just open my heart and listen to Rolheiser, a companion on my journey this Lent. Passion Sunday is in two days. No palms this year, at least during the Masses. Chicago Area Lutheran League and from the surrounding area.
Practices and games take place after school on various days of the week. To end the season, a league tournament is held at Resurrection during the middle of October. The soccer schedule coordinates with the softball schedule to allow all 4th — 8th grade boys and girls to participate in both activities if they are interested.
All boys and girls in 4th — 8th grade have the opportunity to participate in coed basketball. Practices and regular season games are held throughout the week in the months of December, January, and February. The season consists of games played against teams from the C. The tournaments occur during the first two weekends in March. The C.
All boys and girls in 4th — 8th grade participate in track. The track season takes place during the middle of March and ends the beginning of May. Practices are conducted during recess and Physical Education classes. The season concludes with an optional C. Resurrection University N. Claremont Ave. Chicago, IL www. Contact an Admissions Counselor.
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