Emily

As always I very much enjoy reading your weekly experiences. May Our Lord and Our Blessed Mother continue to Bless you and your ministry.

Ann

Thanks Cardinal Sean
Clara K.
St. Paul School
Hingham Mass.

Once again, your blog this week is so interesting! My favorite part of your blog was about the Halloween mass you had for all the saints. I thought it was very funny that people kept asking you if you were a real priest! I can’t believe all of the things you do, Cardinal! You are a very busy man! Thank you for the blogs you post each week, they are very interesting and appreciated!

~Elizabeth~

We desperatly need for our Church leadership; Council of Bishops, each individual Bishop, every priest, to be very vocal about our Christian responsibilities. I emplore all Bishops to take every opportunity to explicitly educate the body of the Church that each of us “must” support the right to life, that politicians who wear the mantle of Catholic “must” support the right to life and deny the culture of death or face serious consequenses.

I would even be so bold as to say that those Catholic politicians who have particularly egregious records should be required to take confession with their Bishop. Their attitudes, practices and rehortic must then change.

I find it very interesting you complimented the election of a President who favors abortion on demand and is the most pro-abortion candidate in history. Is being the first bi-racial President more important then innocent life in the womb?

Geoffrey OLeary

I want to start off by saying that, althought I am underage and can not participate in the democracy process of electing the next president, I do feel like we, American, are ready for a change and I also feel like the election of an African-American was a sign to the world that the majority of Americans do believe in equality and want to promote racial equality in our country and in the world. I also want to pray for Barack Obama for being a role model for African-American, and for God to bless him and lead the country into a right path.
I really like this blog. Not only did you tell me what a cardinal do, but you breakdown the week and listed all the places you visited. For instant, on Saturday, you visited with the Carmelite Sisters in Danvers to help them celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of their Monastery of Discalced Carmelite Nuns. At All Souls Day, where priests were allowed to celebrate three Masses, you celebrated your first Mass at the cathedral at 8 a.m. Afterwards, you went to celebrate Mass at St. Clare’s in Braintree with Father Paul Sughrue, the pastor, and joinned them for the 50th anniversary of their parish community. Then you celebrated a Mass for the Society of Saint James at Boston College High. I think that it is pretty cool that you visite a lot of different places just to spread the word of God. I said it once but I will say it again, I really like this blog.

Standy Merizier
Boston College High School
Class of 2012

Thanks Cardinal Sean!!!!
Clara K.
St. Paul Student
Hingham Mass.

My aunt went on a mission similiar to caritas por cristo. She went to the Dominican Republic along with other nurses, doctors, and translators to help adults & kids with a disease or illness. She also built medical huts for them. In addition, she gave out toys to little kids, who needed comfort. Today I went over her house and I watched the movie on her trip. It was so heart-warming. And it makes me appreiciate what I have. I am very glad that she went on the trip. My cousin and I are planning on going on the mission with her in the years to follow.

Thank you,
Caroline S. ( I student at Saint Paul School in Hingham.)

Also, about the elections, I think it is great that after centuries of black discrimination that we are taking a big step forward with our first African-American president. Although I wanted McCain to win, I hope that Barack Obama will make a good leader for our nation.

I also liked what you said about people asking the priests if they were really priests, or just wearing Halloween costumes.

I think it is great how you host events such as, the Eucharistic Congress and the Eucharistic Procession. I think events like those are a great way to bring people together. It is good how everyone can come together and all listen to the Word of God. I also believe that the events that you host are a creative and fun way to bring people who have strayed from the chruch, back to God.

Sincerely,
Jenna

That is truly great that, in one night, you were able to fellowship both with His Beatitude Ignatius IV and Archbishop Cyril. We are praying for you.

As citizens of the United States, I think that it is important that we speak our minds and vote on election day. It is our duty to exercise our right to vote, which some people around the world don’t have.

I think that the election of our first African American president made people in our country and around the world realize that anybody can do anything if they work hard enough and want it bad enough.

On All Saint’s Day, it is important that we honor all of the Saints for their service to Christ. They are our role models to do good deeds for others and for the world, just as Jesus would. All Souls Day is a day of remembrance for all those who have died and are in purgatory or already in heaven.

Sincerely,
Mariah

No, he will not Cardinal Sean, he said it so himself many times, he believes in abortion on demand, partial birth abortion and even voted not to protect babies if they should survive the violent act of abortion. He said he would enact FOCA, freedom of choice act, which would undo every regulation on abortion pro-lifers have worked so hard for.

Catholics voted for pro-abortion Obama more than Pro-life McCain.

We need leadership on this issue. In my parish, I didn’t hear a word about it. If church leaders will not stand up for the unborn, who will? We need more than just statements. We need real Christian leadership.