I have prepared this Archbishop’s Leadership Briefing to keep archdiocesan leaders informed of important developments in the Church, especially in light of the Church’s response to sexual abuse.
1) Brian Reynolds and I are in contact with the Attorney General to begin ongoing talks. As most of you know, Attorney General Beshear is introducing legislation to empower the creation of a multi-jurisdictional grand jury to deal with a variety of issues facing […]
I have prepared this Archbishop’s Leadership Briefing to keep archdiocesan leaders informed of important developments in the Church, especially in light of the Church’s response to sexual abuse.
I would like to share a letter that Shannon Age, a survivor of sexual abuse by a priest and the wife of Deacon Stephen Age, wrote to The Courier Journal. It appeared on December 13.
I would like to address the recent […]
By Marnie McAllister, Record Editor Her name is Karen Rose Foreman but the people who share the shelter of the overpass on Jefferson Street with...
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Sarah Wunderlin with her siblings circa 1991.
By Sarah Wunderlin
In the age of phone apps and social media, I find myself spending time on Pinterest, researching everything from recipes, to home improvement projects, to gifts for the upcoming Christmas season. A few years ago, I ran across a blog that included some thoughts on how to make Christmas less commercial, which is increasingly hard to do as we are bombarded with advertisements […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: Mary gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in...
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Thomas Merton was born January 31, 1915. He would become a Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani and a renowned author. Below is the powerful homily preached by Fr. Lawrence Morey, O.C.S.O. at the Cathedral of the Assumption on the 50th anniversary of Merton’s death. Father Morey is a Trappist priest at the Abbey of Gethsemani.
Christ Healing the Paralytic at Capernaum by Bernhard Rode 1780.
Dear brothers and sisters,
You may know […]
Conversations is a monthly, 30-minute television show in which I participate in an ongoing conversation about the Archdiocese of Louisville, my involvement with the larger Church (both nationally and globally), and issues of faith in general. In the second segment from our December 2018 episode, I interview Laura Zoeller, archdiocesan facilitator, and Deacon Greg Beavin and Father George Illikkal, C.M.I., pastor of Saint Mary Magdalen, Payneville, Ky. and Saint Theresa, Rhodelia, Ky. Parishes in Meade County about their experience of the […]
By Ruby Thomas, Record Staff Writer After years of local, regional and national reflection — a process known as Encuentro — Hispanic and Latino Catholics...
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My name is Nicholas Terrell and I am a senior at Bethlehem High School in Bardstown. I am here to thank the many people who serve as youth ministers in our Archdiocese. So, thank you!
I would like to brag on our youth ministers for a second if I may. I would like you to think of a gift-person in your life. A gift-person is someone who has given you a gift, maybe […]
