June 29, 2008

Photos - L'Osservatore Romano

      "Dear Brothers in the Episcopate, I would now like to address you who have come to Rome to receive the pallium as a symbol of your dignity and responsibility as Archbishops in the Church of Jesus Christ. The pallium is woven with wool from sheep that the Bishop of Rome blesses every year on the Feast of the Chair of Peter, setting them aside as it were, so that they may become a symbol of the flock of Christ over which you preside. When we place the pallium on our shoulders, our gesture reminds us of the Shepherd who takes upon his shoulders the lost sheep that cannot find its way home alone and brings it back to the fold.  .... Thus the Pallium becomes the symbol of our love for Christ the Good Shepherd and of our loving together with him - it becomes the symbol of the vocation to love people as he does, together with him; those who are seeking, those who have questions, those who are sure of themselves and the humble, the simple and the great; he becomes a symbol of the call to love all of them with the power of Christ and in view of Christ, so that they may find him and in him find themselves. " 
  (excerpts from Pope Benedict XVI's homily at the Imposition of the Palliums - link to full text)

Link to official photos

15 June 2008  - Letter to the people of St. Mary's Cathedral parish and to all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Halifax from Archbishop Anthony Mancini regarding changes in the Pastoral leadership of the Cathedral (full text)

June 8, 2008 (full text)  - Link to Archbishop Mancini's homily given at St. Patrick's Church

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          "Pope John Paul II, in his address to the native people of New Zealand, spoke some words which ring true here today: “The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ speaks all languages. It esteems and embraces all cultures. It supports them in everything human and, when necessary, it purifies them. Always and everywhere the gospel uplifts and enriches cultures with the revealed message of a loving and merciful god. … as you listen to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, seek out the best things of your traditional ways.  If you do, you will come to realize more and more your great human and Christian dignity.  Let your minds and hearts be strengthened to begin a new life now. “

        Let us follow the wise counsel of our Holy Father. Let us trust each other, share our gifts and broaden our paths, so that we may learn to find the Lord in each other.

        I cannot change the past. I cannot erase the damage that has been done. I can express my own sorrow, and the sorrow of your brothers and sisters in our Church of Halifax, for your suffering. I apologize for whatever pain the church itself may have been responsible for causing in the residential school.  The church is not meant to hurt, but to heal…"

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