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Archbishop Chaput in Philadelphia

There has been lots of news about Archbishop Chaput becoming the next Archbishop of the Philadelphia Archdiocese - watch his remarks below about this appointment and a Q&A session with the media.

Ratzinger's Ordination

Rome Reports did a great segment on the priestly ordination of Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Watch below and pray for him on this 60th anniversary of his priestly ordination!  

Bishop David M. O'Connell

 
 
The Diocese of Trenton's website has a great section on our new coadjutor Bishop, David O'Connell - take a look. On the site you can see some videos about him from Catholic University of America, CNN, and APP. You cal also find an extensive bio about him and be directed to lots of links about our new Bishop and his ordination.

Holiness and Priests

 

Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J., editor emeritus of Homiletic and Pastoral Review, had a great editorial on how a priests effectiveness comes from his personal holiness - you can't give what you don't have - read it here.

Pope to Priests

Pope Benedict spoke recently about how priests, when they teach, are called to bring Christ to the people - not themselves. Take a look at the video below:

JPII

Its hard to believe that today, April 8 2010, is the 5th anniversary of JPII"s funeral Mass. 5 years since he left the Church on earth to pray for the pilgrim Church from heaven. HeadlineBistro posted a reflection from Father Thomas Rosica, CSB, about the influence JPII had on his life and the influence that World Youth Day has had on the youth of the world. Great reflection - read here. On the site you can also see some video footage of interviews with Fr. Roscia.

Holy Week

Every parish priest knows how extremely busy Holy Week can be. Fr. Kyle Schnippel recently wrote a brief reflection for Catholic Exchange on Holy Week and the priesthood. A good reflection about how intimately connected the priesthood and Eucharist are. Read the reflection. 

Pope Speaks to Priests

Priests Go Blog!

Pope Benedict has encouraged priests of the world to begin using technology as means to engage the people of today with the faith. Pope Benedict was not just talking about looking at the internet and having an email account. Rather, he had in mind using new technologies as a form of evangelization. Read about these Papal statements from the NY Times and Catholic News Service. Watch the video below from Catholic News Agency about his thoughts on this timely issue.

VIANNEY

A man play that is traveling across the country is coming to the Diocese of Trenton Feb. 9 - 13. Leonardo Defilippis of St. Luke Productions stars as St. John Vianney in this play. This is not Defilippis first time on stage, he has brought the Gospel of John, the Passion of Jesus, St. John of the Cross, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Maximilian Kolbe to stage. He was also behind the movie Therese which played in many movie theaters throughout the US. VIANNEY will be performed in 5 parishes in the Diocese and tickets are only $5. The response from Bishops, priests, deacons, seminarians and laity who have seen it has been incredible. Read more from TrentonMonitor about the play and see where it is being performed.