Comments on: Preparing for the upcoming Bicentennial of the Archdiocese http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/ Cardinal Seán shares his reflections & experiences. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:38:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christ http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7406 Christ Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:36:06 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7406 Dear Cardinal Sean, It's a awesome post, I never saw a post with this much clarity and God bless you, I love this post. Dear Cardinal Sean,
It’s a awesome post, I never saw a post with this much clarity and God bless you, I love this post.

]]> By: Christians http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7308 Christians Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:05:31 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7308 I believe that your Bicentennial committee is one of the best Christian committee's in the world and its great for me to read this blog and knowing about your committee activity's work and progress and I thank the father Bob Connors for his wonderful and faithful dedication towards his committee and thanks for this most prestigious post. I believe that your Bicentennial committee is one of the best Christian committee’s in the world and its great for me to read this blog and knowing about your committee activity’s work and progress and I thank the father Bob Connors for his wonderful and faithful dedication towards his committee and thanks for this most prestigious post.

]]> By: pam hussey http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7144 pam hussey Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:27:54 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7144 thanks Cardinal Sean for visiting us , too, at the DYS memorial service for the youth of the city who've died in its violence, as a guest of Fr. Joe. Your shared stories of your work in this area, too, were also helpful. thanks Cardinal Sean for visiting us , too, at the DYS memorial service for the youth of the city who’ve died in its violence, as a guest of Fr. Joe. Your shared stories of your work in this area, too, were also helpful.

]]> By: Sr.Mary Norberta,CSSF. http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7143 Sr.Mary Norberta,CSSF. Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:42:23 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7143 Dear Cardinal Sean, As a native of Boston, I love keeping up with events at home via the Pilot,my friends and your blog. I think it is a wonderful use of techonology and a great way to reach many of your fold. Please rmember me in your prayers as I celebrate my 50th anniversary of religious life this year. Thank you. Dear Cardinal Sean,

As a native of Boston, I love keeping up with events at home via the Pilot,my friends and your blog. I think it is a wonderful use of techonology and a great way to reach many of your fold. Please rmember me in your prayers as I celebrate my 50th anniversary of religious life this year.
Thank you.

]]> By: Derek Matthies http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7134 Derek Matthies Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:47:35 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7134 Dear Cardinal Sean, I enjoy reading your blog because it is full of interesting new topics of the Catholic Church that you don't watch on television or hear on the radio. It also gives me a different opinion or perspective on different subjects in the Church. Can't wait to read more. Dear Cardinal Sean,
I enjoy reading your blog because it is full of interesting new topics of the Catholic Church that you don’t watch on television or hear on the radio. It also gives me a different opinion or perspective on different subjects in the Church. Can’t wait to read more.

]]> By: Jack Bardsley http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7132 Jack Bardsley Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:25:46 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7132 Dear Cardinal Sean, I'm enjoying reading your blogs as you talk about the Catholic community in the Boston area. It's interesting to hear about the different cultures and their affiliation with the Catholic Church. What I really enjoy about living in Boston is that it's a mulitcultural and diverse place to live. I think that your writings reflect that and I look forward to reading more in the future. Jack Bardsley BC High Class of 2011 Dear Cardinal Sean,
I’m enjoying reading your blogs as you talk about the Catholic community in the Boston area. It’s interesting to hear about the different cultures and their affiliation with the Catholic Church. What I really enjoy about living in Boston is that it’s a mulitcultural and diverse place to live. I think that your writings reflect that and I look forward to reading more in the future.

Jack Bardsley
BC High Class of 2011

]]> By: Gerard Goh http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7123 Gerard Goh Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:41:45 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7123 Your Emminence, it was really wonderful to read through your blog though I'm at the other side of the globe in Singapore. The feeling of being part of the Roman Catholic community, though thousand of miles away, never fails to bring about the bond that Jesus has created amongst us. God bless... Your Emminence, it was really wonderful to read through your blog though I’m at the other side of the globe in Singapore. The feeling of being part of the Roman Catholic community, though thousand of miles away, never fails to bring about the bond that Jesus has created amongst us. God bless…

]]> By: Ryan Mackinnon http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7122 Ryan Mackinnon Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:21:58 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7122 Cardinal Sean, I am a freshman at BCHigh. I am writing to you as suggested by my Christian Thought teacher.While reading through your blog I read for the first time, that when young people help serve mass, you are helping Jesus preform a miricle,and that he wants us to be apart of it. Cardinal Sean,

I am a freshman at BCHigh. I am writing to you as suggested by my Christian Thought teacher.While reading through your blog I read for the first time, that when young people help serve mass, you are helping Jesus preform a miricle,and that he wants us to be apart of it.

]]> By: Jim http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7121 Jim Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:33:53 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7121 In the commemorative chronology of important events in the history of the Archdiocese I hope the visit by Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, will be included. Cardinal Pacelli was the first Papal Secretary of State and first person who would be Pope to visit the USA. He visited the Archdiocese and stayed at Sacred Heart Church in Newton with his friend Francis Spellman, later the Cardinal Archbishop of New York, who was then Auxiliary Bishop and Pastor of Sacred Heart. A commemorative plaque and ceremonial candle given by His Eminence are displayed in Sacred Heart Church to this day. The event, while largely forgotten today (and perhaps clouded by the controversy over Pope Pius XII), is a significant event in the history of the Archdiocese. In the commemorative chronology of important events in the history of the Archdiocese I hope the visit by Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, will be included. Cardinal Pacelli was the first Papal Secretary of State and first person who would be Pope to visit the USA. He visited the Archdiocese and stayed at Sacred Heart Church in Newton with his friend Francis Spellman, later the Cardinal Archbishop of New York, who was then Auxiliary Bishop and Pastor of Sacred Heart. A commemorative plaque and ceremonial candle given by His Eminence are displayed in Sacred Heart Church to this day. The event, while largely forgotten today (and perhaps clouded by the controversy over Pope Pius XII), is a significant event in the history of the Archdiocese.

]]> By: Benedict Newman http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7120 Benedict Newman Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:39:29 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7120 Hello!! It's hard to believe that the Bicentennial is upon us! So many years of lived faith... While I'm heartened by the words of the priest who has an entry about the upcoming bicentennial, I just have one issue with what he says. Father says, "When Matthew wrote his Gospel, he addressed the Jewish/Christian community in the years after the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70 AD." This claim that Saint Matthew wrote his Gospel AFTER the destruction of the Temple is an unscientific claim. There is no evidence to suggest this. According to the Pontificial Bibliical Commision, it was most likely written BEFORE the destruction of the Temple. Also, the most modern trend in authentic Scripture scholarship is leaning toward this view (even suggesting that the entire New Testment was written BEFORE 70AD). We remember that the Temple was the very center of Jewish life. If it had been destroyed before the New Testament was written, then surely the human authors of the New Testament would have reported that tremendous event from the past. In Matthew 24, Matthew records Jesus' prophecy of the destruction of the Temple. Some skeptical Scripiture "scholars" advance the claim that the Gospels were written after the destruction of the Temple becuase Jesus was allegedly not able to prophecy the future! This opinion is erroneus! Thank you to the Father for his words, but perhaps he should try to keep up-to-date with the currrent and faithful Scripture scholarship of the day. Hello!!

It’s hard to believe that the Bicentennial is upon us! So many years of lived faith… While I’m heartened by the words of the priest who has an entry about the upcoming bicentennial, I just have one issue with what he says. Father says, “When Matthew wrote his Gospel, he addressed the Jewish/Christian community in the years after the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in 70 AD.” This claim that Saint Matthew wrote his Gospel AFTER the destruction of the Temple is an unscientific claim. There is no evidence to suggest this. According to the Pontificial Bibliical Commision, it was most likely written BEFORE the destruction of the Temple. Also, the most modern trend in authentic Scripture scholarship is leaning toward this view (even suggesting that the entire New Testment was written BEFORE 70AD). We remember that the Temple was the very center of Jewish life. If it had been destroyed before the New Testament was written, then surely the human authors of the New Testament would have reported that tremendous event from the past. In Matthew 24, Matthew records Jesus’ prophecy of the destruction of the Temple. Some skeptical Scripiture “scholars” advance the claim that the Gospels were written after the destruction of the Temple becuase Jesus was allegedly not able to prophecy the future! This opinion is erroneus! Thank you to the Father for his words, but perhaps he should try to keep up-to-date with the currrent and faithful Scripture scholarship of the day.

]]> By: James Manning http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7115 James Manning Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:11:10 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7115 Cardinal Sean: At this weekend's nationalAnnual Meeting of Voice of the Faithful in Providence, I was happy to announce that in tghe Archdiocese of Boston Cardinal O'Malley keeps an up to date blog and lay people can actually communicate directly with him. Perhaps your blog idea will catch on in places where the laity think their opinions are not worth much. Thanks for allowing us to speak to you without intermediaries. Jim Manning (Beverly, St. John's) Cardinal Sean: At this weekend’s nationalAnnual Meeting of Voice of the Faithful in Providence, I was happy to announce that in tghe Archdiocese of Boston Cardinal O’Malley keeps an up to date blog and lay people can actually communicate directly with him. Perhaps your blog idea will catch on in places where the laity think their opinions are not worth much. Thanks for allowing us to speak to you without intermediaries.
Jim Manning (Beverly, St. John’s)

]]> By: r. o. ettam http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7113 r. o. ettam Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:37:48 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7113 It is wonderful to celebrate 200 years as a diocese....it is sad that the first Bishop was French and you will have no way of having a Franco-American representation since YOU closed all of the Franco-American parishes! As a Franco American I feel deserted by you and the archdiocese. We have no churches in which to worship and since some of us remember not being welcome in the "Irish" churches do not wish to attend these churches. Sadly as an old man I will not be buried in my Church. It is wonderful to celebrate 200 years as a diocese….it is sad that the first Bishop was French and you will have no way of having a Franco-American representation since YOU closed all of the Franco-American parishes! As a Franco American I feel deserted by you and the archdiocese. We have no churches in which to worship and since some of us remember not being welcome in the “Irish” churches do not wish to attend these churches.
Sadly as an old man I will not be buried in my Church.

]]> By: Brother Charles http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7111 Brother Charles Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:53:35 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7111 I love the exegesis of the "lad" in John's feeding narrative for the vocation of altar server! I hope you don't mind if I borrow it in the coming weeks as I help to train our own servers! I'll give credit, of course. :) I love the exegesis of the “lad” in John’s feeding narrative for the vocation of altar server! I hope you don’t mind if I borrow it in the coming weeks as I help to train our own servers! I’ll give credit, of course. :)

]]> By: BCatholic http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2007/10/19/preparing-for-the-upcoming-bicentennial-of-the-archdiocese/comment-page-1/#comment-7109 BCatholic Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:57:37 +0000 http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/?p=2699#comment-7109 Cardinal Sean, I was recently walking in the North End and came across a restaurant called Goody Glover's named after the first Catholic martyr of Massachusetts, Goody Ann Glover. I was wondering about her life. Was a cause for canonization ever opened, as she was a martyr? Cardinal Sean,

I was recently walking in the North End and came across a restaurant called Goody Glover’s named after the first Catholic martyr of Massachusetts, Goody Ann Glover.

I was wondering about her life. Was a cause for canonization ever opened, as she was a martyr?

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