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		<title>Important issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello again! This week, I am visiting Papua New Guinea to for the ordination of the new bishop of the Diocese of Mendi, Bishop Donald Lippert. Don is one of my oldest and dearest Capuchin friends. I’ve known him many years and, in fact, he was the first priest I ordained after becoming a bishop. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2012/02/03/important-issues/</link>
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		<title>Marching for Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, I celebrated the funeral Mass of Sister Manuela Vencelá at St. Anthony&#8217;s Church, near Catholic University. Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Gonzalez was there along with many priests, religious and lay people who had known sister during the nearly four decades she had worked with the Hispanic community. I celebrated the Mass and preached. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2012/01/27/marching-for-life-3/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Literally unconscionable&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are distressed to learn that today the Obama administration has decided to leave unchanged a requirement that all healthcare plans — including those offered by Catholic entities — provide sterilization, contraception and some drugs that can cause abortion.&#160; Instead, they have decided to merely delay the implementation of enforcing this new rule for one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2012/01/20/literally-unconscionable/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating the Epiphany</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back, In the Cathedral we are blessed to have a community of Ge’ez Catholics and it was a joy to be with them for their celebration of the Epiphany last Friday. The Ge’ez Rite is something like the Catholic counterpart of the Coptic Church and the parishioners who comprise that community are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2012/01/13/celebrating-the-epiphany/</link>
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		<title>Ten years after</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back, Ten years ago today, the clergy sexual abuse crisis exploded in Boston. This has been a very painful chapter in the history of our Church, but at the same time, an opportunity for us to focus on a very serious human problem and direct our efforts and resources at trying to make our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2012/01/06/ten-years-after/</link>
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		<title>Christmas traditions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas! This time of the year many families reunite to celebrate together the birth of Christ. I was very happy to have some of my relatives be with me in Boston at Christmas and also to visit others in Florida later in the week. It is always a great gift to be able to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/12/30/christmas-traditions/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Last Friday, I went to Philadelphia to the funeral of Cardinal John Foley, who had been the Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and, for many years, head of the Vatican office in charge of media. He had been with us in 2008 for the annual gathering of the New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/12/23/merry-christmas-4/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating many blessings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Last Friday I went to the Campion Center in Weston to participate in a day of recollection for priests of the West Region organized by Bishop Walter Edyvean. I always encourage priests to spend time together, and I am always very happy to be a part of those gatherings as much as possible. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/12/16/celebrating-many-blessings/</link>
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		<title>Consulting with our priests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome! On Sunday the Parish of St. Margaret of Scotland, in Lowell, founded by Cardinal William Henry O’Connell, the fifth bishop of Boston, who was himself from Lowell over 100 years ago, celebrated their centenary. They had a number of activities throughout the course of the year, culminating with the Mass. Father Raymond Benoit has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/12/09/consulting-with-our-priests/</link>
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		<title>Meeting with the Pontifical Council for the Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome! I hope you all had a pleasant and relaxing Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is always a special time for families to come together around the table and give thanks to the Lord for all the blessings he has bestowed upon us during the year. I myself, was able to be together with two of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/12/02/meet-with-the-pontifical-council-for-the-family/</link>
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		<title>Cheverus Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back. First of all I want to I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. This week I am posting my blog a little earlier because of the holiday. What an important and beautiful feast day this is, which has not been commercialized like so many other annual celebrations. The religious themes of gratitude to God, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/11/23/cheverus-awards/</link>
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		<title>Jesus&#8217; Eager Desire: Our Participation in the Sunday Mass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Last week I returned from the ad limina visit to the Holy Father in Rome. As you can read in my post last week, it was a very significant visit and I was very happy to meet the Holy Father together with the other bishops from New England and to celebrate the Eucharist [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/11/18/jesus-eager-desire-our-participation-in-the-sunday-mass/</link>
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		<title>Together with the Holy Father</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! As I mentioned in my last post, last Thursday the bishops of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Region 1, which is made up of the six New England states, began our ad limina visit to the Holy See. Throughout the coming months, bishops from the other 14 U.S. regions will also make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/11/11/together-with-the-holy-father/</link>
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		<title>Beginning the ad limina visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and Welcome Back! In the centuries-old tradition of the Church, every five years each bishop goes to Rome to meet the Holy Father, visit with the different offices of the curia and pray at the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul.&#160; We also present a report to the Holy Father on what has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/11/04/beginning-the-ad-limina-visit/</link>
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		<title>A visit by the Stanley Cup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and Welcome Back! Last Thursday, the arrival of the Stanley Cup caused a great deal of excitement in the Pastoral Center. We have many hockey fans here and, of course, I was anxious to have my picture taken with it so I could send it Archbishop Miller in Vancouver. You may recall that at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/10/28/a-visit-by-the-stanley-cup/</link>
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		<title>A three ring week!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! On Thursday, I went to Brockton for the dedication of the new emergency room at Good Samaritan Hospital, which is part of the Caritas System. The new emergency room is state of the art. Many of the community leaders gathered for the event. The old emergency room was in really deplorable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/10/21/a-three-ring-week/</link>
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		<title>Meeting the Italian community at St. Leonard&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! I want to begin this week noting a distressing development, which seems to be just the latest in a series of attacks on religious freedom in our country. This week it was announced that the Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; Office of Refugee Resettlement would not be renewing a grant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/10/14/meeting-the-italian-community-at-st-leonards/</link>
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		<title>Respect Life Walk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! On Thursday, for the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, I was at Bridgewater State Hospital, which is part of the corrections system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We were accompanied by Deacon Jim Greer, who oversees the hospital and prison ministry, and a chaplain there, Peg Newman. We had the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/10/07/respect-life-walk/</link>
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		<title>Honoring and supporting our priests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! Last Thursday, we were pleased to have a visit by Cardinal Edward Egan of New York. Cardinal Egan was here to preach at our retreat for senior priests. He stopped by to see the new Pastoral Center and to have lunch on his way back to New York. I know the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/09/30/honoring-and-supporting-our-priests/</link>
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		<title>The Baker&#8217;s Dozen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! This year, we are very blessed that we have over 70 men studying for the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Boston. On Friday, we had a Holy Hour and dinner for them at the Pastoral Center. At different times during the year, I like to meet with the seminarians together as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/09/23/the-bakers-dozen/</link>
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		<title>Gathering with my brother Capuchin bishops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! Before sharing the events of my week with you, I’d like to take a moment to call your attention to the Archdiocese’s third annual dinner in Celebration of the Priesthood that will take place at the Seaport World Trade Center this coming Thursday, September 22. This important event raises critical funds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/09/16/a-meeting-with-my-brother-capuchin-bishops/</link>
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		<title>Remembering Sept. 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we prepare to mark the 10th anniversary of the horrific events of Sept. 11, 2001, like many of you, I can’t help but recall how I first received the news. That day I was in Washington D.C. for an administrative meeting at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Our meeting was interrupted with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/09/09/remembering-sept-11/</link>
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		<title>Welcoming our new Vicar General</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! The last couple of weeks have been quite something for acts of God. Here in the East, on Tuesday of last week we had the earthquake centered in Virginia, followed by Hurricane Irene, which moved up the coast last weekend. In some ways, Irene was not as bad as people had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/09/02/welcoming-our-new-vicar-general/</link>
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		<title>Reflections on World Youth Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Hello and welcome back! As you may know, this week I returned from attending the World Youth Day encounter with the Holy Father in Madrid, Spain. World Youth Day was a very important part of the legacy of Blessed Pope John Paul II and his love and ministry to young people in the Church. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/08/26/reflections-on-world-youth-day/</link>
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		<title>Publication With Respect to its Clergy Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I arrived in Boston, healing and rebuilding the Archdiocese have been my priorities. One of the most difficult and heart wrenching issues we have faced as a Church has been the clergy sexual abuse crisis. We have endeavored to respond to the pastoral needs of survivors and their loved ones who have suffered greatly, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/08/25/publication-with-respect-to-clergy-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-a-child/</link>
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		<title>Evangelization through the media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I am in Madrid with 500 young people and chaplains to participate in World Youth Day. More than one million Catholics from every continent are here. It’s been a great and exciting week. I’ve been able to celebrate Masses and lead catecheses for our pilgrims from Boston. I look forward to sharing a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/08/19/evangelization-through-the-media/</link>
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		<title>Gathering with my brother priests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! I want to begin this week calling your attention to the desperate situation facing the people of the Horn of Africa. As USCCB president Archbishop Dolan, and Bishop Kicanas, the chairman of Catholic Relief Services, recently wrote in a letter urging dioceses to aid in the relief efforts: “Every day we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/08/12/gathering-with-my-brother-priests/</link>
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		<title>The Supreme Convention of The Knights of Columbus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! I want to begin this week expressing my concern over new regulations released by the Department of Health and Human Services. As part of the new federal health care reform law, all health plans will be required to fully cover certain preventative health services for women. The goal, on the surface, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/08/05/the-supreme-convention-of-the-knights-of-columbus/</link>
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		<title>The Passing of Archbishop Sambi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! We were all very saddened by the news that Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, passed away Wednesday night at John Hopkins University Hospital from complications following lung surgery. We were very shocked by the news, particularly given the fact that he was with us just a matter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/07/29/the-passing-of-archbishop-sambi/</link>
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		<title>Ordaining a new transitional deacon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! This week we learned about the appointment of Denver’s Archbishop Chaput as the next Archbishop of Philadelphia. The news of his appointment is a source of tremendous hope and joy for me, and I wish to assure him of my prayers and the prayers of the Catholics of the Archdiocese of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/07/22/ordaining-a-new-transitional-deacon/</link>
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		<title>Reflections of a newly ordained priest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello again! As I mentioned in last week’s post (and regular readers will recall), typically this time of year I ask one or two of our newly ordained priests to share their experiences with you as they begin their ministry. This week, I have asked Father Carlos Suarez, whom I ordained in May, to offer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/07/15/reflections-of-a-newly-ordained-priest-3/</link>
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		<title>Our Office of Outreach and Cultural Diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe Fourth of July.&#160; I think it was particularly nice that the holiday fell on a Monday this year, which provided folks with a long holiday weekend and, hopefully, more time to spend with family and loved ones. As I normally do this time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/07/08/our-office-of-outreach-and-cultural-diversity/</link>
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		<title>Attending our Family Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! This week we are very pleased at the announcement that Cardinal Angelo Scola from Venice has been named the Archbishop of Milan which is one of the largest dioceses in the world. Cardinal Scola has been a friend of mine since he was a priest. Blog readers will remember that when I visited [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/07/01/attending-our-family-conference/</link>
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		<title>Tikkun Olam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! I want to start this week’s posting by sharing a statement printed in this week’s Pilot that clarifies some media reports on the recent developments at St. Cecilia’s Church in Boston. Unfortunately, many sources are saying the archdiocese is allowing the celebration of a rescheduled “Gay Pride Mass” in that church. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/06/24/tikkun-olam/</link>
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		<title>Stanley Cup Champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to begin this week addressing a very important issue. Some say that the Catholic Church hates people with same-sex attractions. This is not true. In fact, if there are any members of the Church who hate people because of their sexual orientation, they need to go to confession. But it is true that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/06/17/stanley-cup-champions/</link>
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		<title>A New Pentecost: Inviting All To Follow Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! This week I published a pastoral letter, A New Pentecost: Inviting All To Follow Jesus on evangelization. I am issuing this letter to coincide with the great Feast of Pentecost, which marks the beginning of the Church’s apostolic missionary outreach after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/06/10/a-new-pentecost-inviting-all-to-follow-jesus/</link>
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		<title>Being with family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! I hope you all had an enjoyable long weekend! For many of us, Memorial Day weekend is a time to gather with our families. This particular Memorial Day weekend I was doubly blessed to be able to spend time both with my Capuchin family and the O’Malley family. - &#8211; - [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/06/03/being-with-family/</link>
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		<title>Ordaining six new priests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Each year we have a celebration to mark the silver and golden jubilees of our priests, so on Thursday evening I presided at the 50th Anniversary Mass for our golden jubilarians. The Mass was at Regina Cleri. Several of the men are residents of Regina Cleri and we also prayed for the deceased [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/05/27/ordaining-six-new-priests/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating many great works in the archdiocese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Last week I travelled to Portugal to preside over the celebrations marking the anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima, May 13. I was very honored to be invited. At this time last year I was also in Fatima, accompanying the Holy Father on his Apostolic visit to Portugal. Little did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/05/20/celebrating-many-great-works-in-the-archdiocese/</link>
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		<title>Visiting the Boston University Catholic Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Greetings, and welcome back! In your prayers, please continue to remember all those affected by the recent tornados in the Southeast, especially those who have been injured or killed. Extreme weather affects people in so many ways and, in many cases, even those who are not physically harmed have lost everything. This week, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/05/13/visiting-the-boston-university-catholic-center/</link>
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		<title>Blessed Pope John Paul II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Last Sunday, of course, we were blessed to celebrate the beatification of Pope John Paul II in Rome. I was happy to be a part of that celebration. As I have said so many times, I never thought I would live long enough to know two people who were beatified — and know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/05/06/blessed-pope-john-paul-ii/</link>
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		<title>Christ is Risen!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend, as you know, the Church celebrated the Easter Triduum — Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. I led the services at our Cathedral, which were very well attended. Holy Thursday is such a sacred day in the Christian calendar. It’s the day when Jesus bids farewell to his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/04/29/christ-is-risen-3/</link>
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		<title>Beginning Holy Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back! Brigadier General Paul “Greg” Smith and Major Isaias Liriano, of the Massachusetts National Guard, came to visit me at the Pastoral Center last Thursday. With Major Liriano, General Smith and our Vicar General Father Richard Erikson The Massachusetts National Guard works with the Paraguayan military to support U.N. missions and provide internal governmental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/04/22/beginning-holy-week-3/</link>
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		<title>An address by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Welcome all! Last Wednesday I had a trustee meeting at Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston. In my opinion, it’s the premier second-career seminary in the United States. At the meeting we discussed the plans for the future. We’re very pleased with the success, and that the enrollment continues to grow. We’re very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/04/15/an-address-by-supreme-knight-carl-anderson/</link>
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		<title>Honoring those who serve our youth and young adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings everyone and welcome back! Last Wednesday we had the meeting of our Archdiocesan Pastoral Council. Just as I have a group of priests on the Presbyteral Council who gather with me on a regular basis to discuss the challenges, plans and aspirations of the diocese, there is also a group of lay people and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/04/08/honoring-those-who-serve-our-youth-and-young-adults/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating Trinity Catholic Academy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, I was at Stonehill College for a dinner celebrating Trinity Catholic Academy in Brockton. The annual dinner is known as the Shields Founders Award Legacy Gala. Over 300 people attended this year. There were several honorees that night. John Fish, of Suffolk Construction Company, received the Thomas F. and Mary J. Shields Founders [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/04/01/celebrating-trinity-catholic-academy/</link>
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		<title>Visiting the Little Sisters of the Poor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings! As you read in my post last week, we launched the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization, which will be based at St. John’s Seminary. We’re all very enthused about the launching of TINE. It will encompass all the seminary’s formation program for non-seminarians that train the laity, deacons and professed members of religious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/03/25/visiting-the-little-sisters-of-the-poor/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating St. Patrick&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome back! I want to begin this week noting that our prayers right now are certainly with the people of Japan as the country begins to recover from last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. All of us are very alarmed to see that even a country such as Japan, which has done so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/03/18/celebrating-st-patricks-day/</link>
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		<title>Catholics Come Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello again! This past weekend, we launched our annual 2011 Catholic Appeal in the archdiocese. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Offering Hope by Sharing God’s Gifts.” I opened the appeal by celebrating Masses last weekend at three parishes in the area — Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta in Dorchester on Saturday afternoon, as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/03/11/catholics-come-home-2/</link>
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		<title>The ordination of Bishop Coyne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello again! This past week, we marked the passing of Dr. Bernard Nathanson. His funeral Mass was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Though at one time he was a self-professed Jewish atheist and one of the architects of legalized abortion in the United States, by the end of his life he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/03/04/the-ordination-of-bishop-coyne/</link>
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		<title>Liturgy of Lament and Repentance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome once again! I want to begin this week with the visit of Bishop of Kontum Vietnam Michael Hoang Duc Oanh, a good friend of Father Jim Gaudreau. (Father Gaudreau has been very involved in helping the Church in Vietnam.) They were also accompanied Father Chinh Nguyen of St. Ambrose Parish in Dorchester [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/02/25/liturgy-of-lament-and-repentance/</link>
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		<title>A visit to the Cristo Rey Boston High School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone and welcome back! Last weekend, I participated in retreats with men considering the priesthood. We had two separate retreats — one at Blessed John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, which of course was for older men, and a retreat for college students and college graduates considering St. John’s Seminary. Each year we have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/2011/02/18/a-visit-to-the-cristo-rey-boston-high-school/</link>
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