Saturday, August 25, 2007

Where have you gone Mrs. Robinson? and other news

Religion Briefing
From the Aug. 25, 2007 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Labor in the Pulpits to stress worker rights
Oak Creek church hosting Son-Shine
Honduran cardinal presiding at Fiesta
Public invited to new worship center
Men's, women's day programs set

Help Wanted
"Reporter for your Catholic Herald
"Your Catholic Herald seeks someone full-time to write feature articles and to report news about the Catholic community in southeastern Wisconsin. ..."
"Deadline, Thursday, August 30, 2007."

Memorial Mass
"for Karen Marie [Knapp] will be on Saturday, September 1 at 10 am, at St. John's Cathedral (831 N Van Buren, Milwaukee...)"

Guatemalans working in U.S. find life has mixed blessings
Patricia Zapor reported in Catholic News Service, August 21, 2007. This American, when working in Guatemala or the U.S., has found the same.

Episcopal gay bishop to enter into civil partnership
Catholic News Agency reported August 23, 2007
"The openly homosexual Episcopal bishop, Bishop V. Gene Robinson, has planned to enter into a civil partnership with his long-term partner just weeks before next year's Lambeth Conference, reports the Church of England Newspaper. ...
"In an interview with Michael Buerk, the bishop denied that his plan to hold the ceremony next June had been chosen to be deliberately provocative. ..."

Bishop calls for Catholic reform
Barney Zwartz reports in The Age August 25, 2007. This Bishop Robinson is retired Australian Catholic Bishop Geoffrey Robinson who has a book Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church coming out, so to speak.
"On sexual issues, the book asks questions rather than making statements. Bishop Robinson said this was because he did not want to suggest he had the answers and because it was harder for the Vatican to condemn questions."
(via Catholic World News)

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