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No Sin is Beyond God’s Unfathomable Mercy, says Bishop Thomas on the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade As chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Bishop Thomas offered the following reflection on the 52nd anniversary of the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide...

No habra una mejor manera para comensar el Ano de Jubileo, el Ano de Esperanza. Vamos a reunir el Jueves 26 a las 6pm en Mater Dei Hall para este taller importante. Por mas informacion, habla con el Despacho Parroquial. Todos sean bienvenidos…

Many of us grew up believing that being a Christian simply meant going to church and saying grace before meals, but being a follower of Christ isn’t about going through the motions. It’s about having a deep, personal friendship with Jesus—a relationship that gives purpose and meaning to every part of your life. Meeting the Messiah will take you on a scriptural journey through the lives of men and women who met Jesus in person and whose lives were forever changed. Curtis Martin and Dr. Edward Sri invite you to encounter Jesus face-to-face through His word and hear the personal message He’s been telling you all along: You are not alone. You are beloved. You are His.

What is a plenary indulgence during Jubilee Year? 1. A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal punishment due to sin. It cleanses the soul as if the person has just been baptized. 2. The Holy Father declares that the gift of the Indulgence "is a way of discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy. Not by chance, for the ancients, the terms ‘mercy’ and ‘indulgence’ were interchangeable, as expressions of the fullness of God’s forgiveness, which knows no bounds" (Spes non confundit, 23). The Indulgence, therefore, is a Jubilee grace. 3. You can use this Indulgence for souls in purgatory. A plenary indulgence obtained for them would obtain for them the release from purgation and the entrance into heavenly glory. 4. To obtain either a partial or plenary indulgence, a person must be baptized, in the state of grace (at least at the end of the spiritual work to be done) and not excommunicated, and must have the general intention to actually obtain the indulgence itself.