Fratelli Tutti, On Fraternity and Social Friendship Encyclical of Pope Francis Read & download the .pdf version here In his third encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, On Fraternity and Social Friendship, Pope Francis focuses on many of the issues that serve to fracture our relationships with each other and with society. Released on the eve of the …
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Pope signs new encyclical in Assisi VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Bringing the Vatican official in charge of translations with him, Pope Francis signed his new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship,” at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, source of the document’s title and inspiration. After celebrating Mass at St. Francis’ tomb …
Global Virtual Healing Conference With all of the changes in the world today, it’s still amazing to see the innovative ways sprouting up in the Church to continue the work of evangelization, including The Virtual Catholic Conference. The Conference leaders are very excited to share an opportunity with us this coming weekend to experience …
ICCS Students Participate in Pinwheels for Peace Project On Sunday, Sept. 21, Immaculate Conception Cathedral School students took part in an International art and literacy project, Pinwheels for Peace, by “planting” pinwheels they created, with messages of peace, on the school and Cathedral campus. Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started as a way …
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A Recent Facebook Post from Bishop Talley… My brother and I attended Sunday school at the First Baptist Church, in Augusta, Georgia. We lived in North Augusta, across the Savannah River, in South Carolina (more affordable housing for us). Every Sunday, we would put our “Sunday” clothes on and head to church, first to Sunday …
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Breaking News: Our 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal Results are Outstanding CDOM Family – Thank you! Our Catholic Diocese of Memphis 2020 Annual Catholic Appeal numbers are in and the results are Outstanding! According to Jim Marconi, Director of Development, CDOM, our goal was $2.1 million and we surpassed that amount for a total of nearly …
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CDOM Special Report: Election 2020 – U.S. Bishops Call Catholics to Exercise Faithful and Civil Citizenship Sept 2, 2020 — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which includes our Catholic Diocese of Memphis Bishop Talley and Bishop Emeritus Steib, are sharing the below and attached communications on faithful and civil citizenship. We hope you find …
Bishop Talley appoints two new Deans to assist with leadership From Bishop Talley: After receiving nominations from 60% of the priests in both the North and Central Deanery, I will appoint Father Rob Ballman (North Deanery) and Father Joey Kaump (Central Deanery) to serve as Deans. The appointments will be made tomorrow and their …
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God loves us! If you subscribe to Faith West Tennessee Magazine, please be on the lookout in your mail next week for the September issue. FWTN Magazine is published to evangelize and inform all 70,000 Catholic Diocese of Memphis parishioners across 47 parishes-missions about encountering the living Christ through conversion, communion, service and unity. The …
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Knights of Columbus Expand Membership Model; Sign-Up Today Free The Knights of Columbus, the world largest Catholic men’s fraternal organization, recently expanded its model of membership to include men who either do not have a resident parish Council or are not yet ready to participate in a group setting. A newly created on-line membership option …
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