Sacred Heart Cathedral would like to invite all the faithful of the Diocese of Gallup to our Parish Mission.
March 7th – 10th.  Bishop James S. Wall will be our Mission Presenter.  His Theme is:  “Love, Hope and Truth in the Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI.”

Bishop Wall will speak at all the weekend Masses to begin his Mission than the First Conference will begin Sunday March 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the Cathedral.
He will speak at 7:00 p.m. each evening of Monday-Wednesday.  He will also be celebrating Mass at 8:00 a.m. each weekday Monday, 8th-Wednesday 10th  and will then present a synopsis of the previous night’s teaching in the lounge of the Family Center.  A simple continental breakfast will be served.  On the last day of the Mission Wednesday, March 10th, we will continue with our tradition of a “Potluck Dessert” social following that evenings presentation.  On the last night, we will also be taking up a “love offering” for the St. John Vianney House of Discernment for priestly vocations.

Everyone is welcome!  What a blessing to have our own Bishop James S. Wall as presenter at this years Lenten Mission.

General: That the Christians of the Middle East may live their faith in full freedom and be an instrument of peace and reconciliation.

Mission: That the Church may be the seed and nucleus of a humanity reconciled and reunited in God’s one and only family, thanks to the testimony of all the faithful in every country in the world.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben- xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html#top

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Fasting represents an important ascetical practice, a spiritual arm to do battle against every possible disordered attachment to ourselves.                                                                                    

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