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Thursday, May 23, 2019
fidelity, it is a path to holiness,
said the Vatican Dicastery for
Laity, the Family and Life. The
office May 17 announced the
theme Pope Francis has chosen
for the next World Meeting of
Families, which will be in Rome
June 23-27, 2021: “Family love:
A vocation and a path to holi
ness.” The dicastery asked that in
preparation for the meeting, fam
ilies and pastoral workers read
both Pope Francis’ 2016 exhor
tation on the family, “Amoris
Laetitia,” and his 2018 exhor
tation on the universal call to
holiness, “Gaudete et Exsultate.”
“The aim is to emphasize family
love as a vocation and a way to
holiness and to understand and
share the profound and redeeming
significance of family relation
ships in daily life,” the dicastery
said. The love of a husband and
wife and the love found within
families, it said, show “the pre
cious gift of a life together where
communion is nourished and a
culture of individualism, con
sumption and waste is averted.”
N ew York reli
gious LEADERS
ENDORSE BILL TO END
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS)
T he numbers are so stagger
ing that it has been called
“torture.” Solitary confinement
is in widespread use in prisons
across the United States and, in
New York state alone, more than
3,000 inmates are isolated in
6-by-10 cells for over 23 hours a
day. The Humane Alternatives to
Long-Term Solitary Confinement
Act, which has not yet made its
way to the floor of the New York
state House or Senate, is looking
to change that. “Long-term use
of solitary confinement is a form
of torture, yet it continues to be
widely practiced nationally and
in New York, despite some recent
reforms in our state. Inmates don’t
surrender their basic human dig
nity when the prison doors close,”
said Dennis Poust, director of
communications for the New York
State Catholic Conference. The
Catholic conference, which is the
public policy arm of New York’s
Catholic bishops, put out a mem
orandum in January in support of
the measure, which is known as
HALT. “We can protect society,
and protect those inside the prison
without wide-scale use of con
finement in special housing units,
which leads to all sorts of mental
health issues, including paranoia,
depression and suicidal thoughts,”
Poust told The Evangelist, news
paper of the Diocese of Albany.
“It creates a less stable inmate
population and, ultimately, creates
a less safe society.
Pope chooses theme
for World Meeting of
Families 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
hristian family life is a voca
tion and, when lived with
Young adults gather for Sacred Heart Church in Savannah’s monthly
College Night on May 19 to play bingo and enjoy food and fellowship.
Photograph by Jillian Wenner.
Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer,
OFM Conv., Schedule
Students lay flowers at Mary’s feet during the traditional May Crowning
of Mary the Mother of God at Immaculate Conception School, Augusta.
Photograph by Debbie DeRoller, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Immaculate Conception School, Augusta.
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Savannah: Priestly Ordination, Cathedral
Savannah: Sts. Peter and Paul Confirmation
Savannah: National Catholic Educational Assoc. Webinar
Savannah: Council of Priests
Savannah:Legatus
Savannah: Coffee with the Bishop
Savannah: Catholic Foundation of South Georgia
Statesboro: St. Matthew Confirmation
Baltimore, MD: USCCB Spring Assembly
Valdosta: Knights of Columbus Seminarian Dinner
Savannah: Grace Scholars Board Meeting
Savannah: Diocesan Finance Council
Raleigh, NC: Atlanta Province Bishops’ Meeting
Claxton/Sandhill: St. Christopher & Our
Confirmation
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