He is risen…

7 Responses to He is risen…

1. Leith says:

   April 9, 2023 at 2:22 pm

   A blessed Easter to you.
2. Keith Harbaugh says:

   April 9, 2023 at 4:45 pm

   But all is not well:

   https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254054/broglio-blasts-walter-reed-for-putting-for-profit-firm-in-charge-of-catholic-pastoral-care

   The [Walter Reed] medical center ended its contract with the friars of Holy Name College in nearby Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 31,
   the archdiocese said in a statement.
   The friars have ministered at the medical center for nearly two decades, the archdiocese said.

   The archdiocese, which serves U.S. military personnel and veterans and their beneficiaries at military facilities around the world,
   said medical center awarded the contract for Catholic pastoral care to a secular for-profit company.

   How can this be?
   This seems shocking.
   (Along with so much else that is going on these days.)
   • TTG says:

     April 9, 2023 at 5:49 pm

     Keith Harbaugh,

     A friend sent me this story yesterday. This may be related to the Maryland AG report on Catholic clergy of the Archdiocese of Baltimore involved in abuse rather than any nefarious contracting shenanigans.
   • Keith Harbaugh says:

     April 11, 2023 at 3:59 am

     The quotation above was taken from a news report;
     it is useful to read the actual statement from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, dated Friday, April 7, 2023:

     https://www.milarch.org/walter-reed-national-military-medical-center-terminates-catholic-pastoral-care-contract-during-holy-week/

     An excerpt:

     There is one Catholic Army chaplain assigned to Walter Reed Medical Center,
     but he is in the process of separating from the Army.

     …

     The refusal to provide adequate pastoral care
     while awarding a contract for Catholic ministry to a for-profit company that has no way of providing Catholic priests to the medical center
     is a glaring violation of service members’ and veterans’ Right to the Free Exercise of Religion.
   • Keith Harbaugh says:

     April 13, 2023 at 6:31 am

     Here is a Tuesday, April 11 follow-up story on the situation at Walter Reed:

     https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254073/walter-reed-hospital-says-catholic-pastoral-care-contract-under-review

     The new contractor is the Mechanicsville, Virginia-based Mack Global LLC, Walter Reed said in its April 11 statement.

     The Mack Global website says the company serves the U.S. military, government agencies and private companies
     in telework consulting services, administrative and religious staffing, transportation and roadway services, and professional development and training.

     Also of interest is a news story about the rise in anti-Christian sentiment and actual physical activity in America:

     Anti-Christian hostility reaching ‘unprecedented’ levels in culture, government under Biden, observers warn

     https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-christian-hostility-reaching-unprecedented-levels-culture-government-under-biden-observers-warn

     It seems to me this is far more significant to Americans than who controls the Donbas.
3. Billy Roche says:

   April 9, 2023 at 8:25 pm

   For all Christians among correspondents here I wish you well on this day of the resurrection of your lord Jesus. Faith is never w/o hope. Happy Easter.
   • Billy Roche says:

     April 13, 2023 at 10:46 am

     How about this … I reply to me! Easter has been on my mind. My mother
     celebrated “Little Christmas” but not Easter. I note Orthodox Easter
     arrives this Sunday. Alleluea, for Christians Jesus has risen, will Ukraine?
     Will there be a sovereign Ukrainian state a year from now? My reading informs
     me that the UA has taken a beating this past year. So have the Russians. My guess is that win/lose/draw, Ukraine has made the case that she is
     not a Russian colony and w/n longer be perceived that way. If I believed there was a god of war I would pray for a successful Ukrainian Spring offensive and then negotiations. My opinion has not changed in a year. Give up the Donbass, divide Crimea (N to S) in half, and make peace. States d/n have friends only interests. As interest in Ukraine dims the west will stop supporting her. Anyone making Psanky this year? To Christian correspondents, Happy Easter.

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