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Parishioners’ Feedback on Antigonish Diocese Sought

The Chronicle-Herald
March 10, 2012

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/72076-parishioners-feedback-antigonish-diocese-sought

Bishop Brian Dunn is asking parishioners to help determine the pastoral direction for the Antigonish diocese for the next five years.

In a news released issued this week, Dunn said the initiative is prompted in part by the diocese’s recognition that the past few years have featured "some difficult times."

In referring to these difficult times, Dunn mentions "issues of the sexual abuse by clergy, the crimes of Bishop (Raymond) Lahey, the reorganization of parishes, the closure of churches, the sale of parish and diocesan assets (and) the anger and sadness of many Catholics as they question the direction of the church."

The diocese is planning a gathering in October 2013 to determine this new direction.

"Parishioners are invited to state what has been life-giving for them, as well as what has not been life-giving for them. They are also given an opportunity to make recommendations toward a diocesan vision."

Responses from each parish will be discussed at the regional level in the fall of 2012. Recommendations from those meetings will be submitted to pastors and parish delegates at a diocesan congress Oct. 6-9, 2013.

"The recent events that have touched every person in our diocese have led to a great deal of reflection upon the church’s need to bring justice, compassion, healing, hope and new life to the people of God," Dunn says in the release.

 

 

 

 

 




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