The Archdiocesan Initiatives

"First of all, I charge you to love one another, not with your own feeble, human love, but with the love of God that has been poured into our hearts by the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit. It is a love that is unconditional, bearing all things, looking out for the other’s well-being rather than one’s own selfish desires. That means that we not only become our brothers and sisters’ keepers, but we also allow for differences — be it at Parish, Deanery or Archdiocesan levels — that do not sacrifice the necessary realities of faith which we must guard quite jealously as Catholic Christians. In other words, we are called and sent to be “regnocentric” (as opposed to merely “ecclesiocentric”) in order to further, in collaboration with others, kingdom values: justice, peace, love, unity and joy in the Holy Spirit [cf. Rom. 14:17]. That is the general overarching charge of this Synod. The desirable vision of the Archdiocese, to be more vibrant, more visible and more vocal, has as its objective the kingdom of God..."

Get to know the Archdiocesan Initiatives as envisioned by the Archbishop and expounded in his charge to the Archdiocese at the Archdiocesan Synod 2008: view or download the presentation by clicking here.

You can also read the Vision of Archbishop Emeritus, Most Rev. Donald J. Reece by clicking here.

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