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Sacramental Preparation for Baptism—Contact Val. Next Preparation class Oct. 16 (for parents of infants & young children). Expectant parents
are encouraged to contact Val before the birth of their child.
Marriage Preparation—Contact Fr. Ron.
5020 Sherwood Drive
Regina, SK, S4R 4C2
Phone: 306-543-3838
Fax: 306-949-2544
Email: [email protected]
Website: holytrinityregina.ca (bulletin available online)
Pastoral Staff Pastor: Rev. Ronald Andree 306-924-1993 Pastoral Assistant: Val Magnuson 306-924-2602
Support Staff Hall Inquiries & Office Coordinator: Heather Deis 306-543-3838 Custodian: Dominic Dias
Electronic giving: Use the link
on our website home page.
Elementary Schools Affiliated With Our Parish
St. Mary (French Immersion) 140 McIntosh St. N. Ph. 306.791.7365 St. Joan of Arc 10 Dempsey Ave. Ph. 306.791.7350 St. Josaphat 140 Greenwood Cr. Ph. 306.791.7355
August 26, 2018 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Parish
Mon, Aug. 27, 8:30 a.m. Ints. of Kathy Labonté
Tues, Aug. 28, 8:30 a.m. Ints. of Rob Hoffman
Wed, Aug. 29, 8:30 a.m. +Alexis Tayco
Thurs, Aug. 30, 8:30 a.m. Ints. of Jonah Tremblay
Fri, Aug. 31, 8:30 a.m. +Fr. Carl Freidrich
Sat, Sept. 1, 5:00 p.m. Pro populo
Sun, Sept. 2, 10:00 a.m. Ints. of Marjorie Stroeder
Sacrament of Reconciliation 1/2 hour before all
Masses and by appointment.
Rosary 20 minutes before weekday Masses. Masses This Week
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to Noon & 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Summer hours
Aug 20—31—open 9 to 11 am Spiritual Care in Hospital—Catholic chaplains visit patients and their families to
address any spiritual needs, pray, provide a friendly face and comforting presence, talk about people’s fears and concerns, bring Communion, and contact a priest for anointing of the sick.
Pasqua Hospital Chaplain
Bonnie Thiele Hunt
306-519-1380
Wascana Rehab Centre Chaplain
Joan Rink
306-530-6511
General Hospital Chaplain
Jerry Fitzgerald
306-519-1405
Summer
Mass Times
Sat. 5 pm
Sun. 10 am
Return to Sun
9 & 11 am
after long
weekend.
When we commit to serve the Lord, we must be willing to become a partner in the work of the Lord. A partner is a person who invests time in prayer every day, joyfully participates in charitable works and generously supports the parish and Church mission. If we say we serve God, we must actually
do something and not merely talk about it!
Regina Catholic Schools (elementary &
high school) return Tues. Sept. 4
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Coming Up at Holy Trinity: Sun. Aug. 26—5 pm Vietnamese Mass.
$111,496
SPARE CHANGE? We have a glass container in the
Gathering Area for the Roof Fund collection.
Support your World Youth Day pilgrims with your recyclables! Using "Drop N Go" at Sarcan, donate by logging in as “wyd". More info at Sarcan website.
Prefer a pickup? Contact Patti/Caleb 306-543-5718 (leave a message).
Aug. 27—Saint Monica– was born of a Christian family at Tagaste in Africa in 331. While still a young maiden, she was married to Patricius. They had children, among whom was Augustine. She poured forth many tears and prayers to God for his conversion for 30 years. A model of the virtuous mother, she nourished the faith by her prayers and witnessed to it by deeds. She died in
Italy in 387.
Aug. 20—Saint Augustine—Bishop & Doctor was born at Tagaste in Africa in 354. He was unsettled and restlessly searched for the truth until he was converted to the Christian faith at Milan and baptised by Ambrose. Return-ing to his homeland, he embraced an ascetic life and subsequently was elected bishop of Hippo. For 34 years, he guided his flock, instructing it with sermons and many writings, He fought bravely against the errors of his time and ex-plained the faith carefully and cogently through his writings. He died in 430.
Learn from the SAINTS SAINTS traditionally remembered in Canada Aug. 27 to 28
Preparation for Sacraments of Reconciliation, Confirmation and First Holy Communion
Parents, you can register your children for these sacraments now. Call Val Magnuson,
Pastoral Assistant at 306-924-2602 or print the registration form from our website or pick up a copy in the Gathering Area. If your child was not baptized at Holy Trinity Parish, we need the full name and address of the church in which the child was baptized along with a copy of the Baptism Certificate. Registration fee $50 for one child or $75 for a family. Parent Information Meeting will be held Tues, Sept 18 at 7 pm in the Church. For more information and to register, contact Val.
For children age 7 & older who have not been baptized, we offer classes to prepare them for these sacraments. Contact Val for more information.
JAMES Pearls of Wisdom Monday morning Bible study.
James is one of the most practical books of the Bible. Like the book of Proverbs, it is a book of wisdom, a collection of teachings on issues faced by ordinary Christians in everyday life. These teachings speak loudly to all those who feel torn between the competing demands of this world and their faith. This study offers "pearls for wise living" by applying the wisdom of James to the present day. For anyone who has struggled to live a truly Christian life, James offers a wealth of practical solutions for handling and even sanctifying everyday
circumstances.
Mondays at 9:15 starting Sept. 10 (11 sessions) Study guide approx. $35. Sign-up list in Gathering Area or contact Phyllis at
949-1709 or Joanne at 545-2758. Register by Aug. 29 to reserve a book.
CWL Craft & Trade Show Sept. 28-29—still a few
tables available. Contact Darlene Kosolofski at
[email protected] or 533-4600.
PIZZA FUNDRAISER WEEKEND
The World Youth day, Panama 2019, group will be selling
homemade pizzas and WYD cookbooks after Masses on
September 8 & 9.
Pizzas $10 each: Pepperoni, Double Cheese, and Ham &
Pineapple. Cooking instructions included. With purchase of a pizza or cookbook,
you are helping our youth go to WYD.
Contact Patti Burlock at 306-543-5718 or email
This week’s bulletin insert Letter from Pope Francis
to the People of God with introductory note from
Archbishop Don Bolen
Read, reflect and pray. Consider that when others commit
spiritual murder, we must not commit spiritual suicide.
Fr. Mike Schmitz (Minnesota) says when things get tough,
don’t leave the church, lead the church. The best way is by
becoming a saint — be holy, faithful, courageous,
uncompromising. Watch Fr. Mike’s 15 minute video:
https://media.ascensionpress.com/video/the-pennsylvania-sex-
abuse-scandal/
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Archdiocese of Regina Lay Formation Program One weekend
per month from October until June, Catholics who want to know, love and
serve Christ more deeply come together at Campion College in Regina.
Are you ready to fall more deeply in love with Jesus Christ and his
Church? Currently accepting applications for the Fall intake of this three-
year program. For more information or to register, please contact Program
Coordinator, Eric Gurash at 306-325-1651 Ext. 211 or email him at
Liturgical Ministries—September 1 & 2 (wk 1)
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Summer Mass Schedule: Saturday 5 pm and Sunday 10 am
Last weekend will be Sept. 1 and 2. Sun. Ministers those from week 1, 9 am.
NEW SCHEDULES available in the Gathering Area for pickup over the next few
weekends. Ushers schedule now printed. Please pick up yours and mark your
calendar for your scheduled dates.
The Regina Catholic School Division invites all former employees to the Division’s Opening Mass on Thursday, August 30 at 8:30 a.m., Resurrection Parish (3155 Windsor Park Road). Reserved seating for all former employ-
ees. Join current employees of Regina Catholic Schools in this celebration!
ROSARY PRAYER CHALLENGE FOR OUR NATION: Please join with faithful Catholics around the world in praying for our country and for the world. From Aug 15 to Oct 7, join in praying the 54 Day Rosary Novena to Our Nations. On October 7, join Catholics around the world praying the Rosary Coast to Coast. For more information and to sign up for all 3 prayer challenges go to: https://www.romancatholicman.com/announcement-peace-through-strength-challenge/
“Draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.” Ephesians 6:10-11.
Couples for Christ invites you on their 6th Annual ANCOP Walk Sunday, August 26, starting at 8 am, at the Wascana Albert St Promenade for 4 km walk around Wascana Lake. Fundraising to help support their mission work for the poor - Child Education Sponsorship program and Shelter Building projects. Registration fee for the walk is $ 25 includes the official ANCOP Walk shirt and some refreshments after the walk. For more information, contact Chelo or Gregg at 306-581-2336 or visit the official website walk.ancopcanada.org. ANCOP stands for ANwering the Cry Of the Poor, a Canadian charity
organization and the social arm of Couples for Christ.
54 Day Rosary at St Mary RC Church,2026 Winnipeg St., Regina starting Wednesday. August 15 at 6 pm. until October 7th. Everyone welcome. The schedule for the 54 Day Rosary will be as follows: Sundays - The Rosary will be at 4:30 p.m. followed by Mass at 5 p.m. Mondays - Mass will be at 7 p.m. followed by the Rosary Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays the Rosary only will be at 7 p.m. Wednesdays - Exposition and Rosary (Holy Hour) at 6 p..m. Mass at 7 p.m.
More information, call Belle at 306-540-7898.
Employment Opportunity - Archdiocese of Regina, Donor Services Position for the Archbishop’s Appeal. Further details are available at www.archregina.sk.ca or from Joan Fellinger at [email protected] or 306-352-1651 ext. 0. Resumes with cover letter can be e-mailed to [email protected] , mailed, or dropped off marked to the attention of Leona Burkhart, Archdiocese of Regina, 445 Broad St. North, Regina SK S4R 2X8 by Sept. 4.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Sing Along to some ol'time gospel songs. Sunday, Aug. 26 @ 2 pm, St. Peter's Church Hall, 100 Argyle St. Regina. Refreshments served.
Freewill offering. Everyone welcome.
Truth and Reconciliation Wednesday August 29th we are fortunate to have Niigaan James Sinclair with us to speak on Truth and Reconciliation. Niigaan is the son of Justice Murray Sinclair. We will begin with a potluck supper at 5pm at Holy Child Parish, followed by his talk at 7pm. If you can't make it for supper please feel free to attend just the presentation. Call Sr ReAnne if you have any questions. 306-540-3686. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is Anishinabe (St. Peter's/Little Peguis) and an associate professor at the University of Manitoba. He is an award-winning writer, editor and activist who was named one of Monocle Magazine’s “Canada’s Top 20 Most Influential People” and is currently a columnist with The Winnipeg Free Press. He has written national curriculums for the Assem-bly of First Nations and Indspire and has given workshops to over 20,000 educators across Canada. His first book on Anishinaabeg literary traditions will be coming out with the University of Minnesota Press in 2019.
5 p.m. Mass 10 am Mass
Altar Servers Volunteers
Altar Servers Volunteers
Eucharistic Ministers 1 Jacqueline Meeley Gail Tumak Judy Stochmal volunteers Father Don
Eucharistic Ministers 1 Erin Rockabar Wayne Ottenbreit Caroline Marcotte Henry Marcotte Sharon Bergerman Father Don
Lectors 6 Shelley Kreutzer 2 Gail Tumak 1 & Ints
Lectors 1 Ainsley Kowalski Ints Marcie Kowalski 1 Ray Rondeau 2
Music Ministry Quartet
Music Ministry Grace
Greeters 1 Jeannette Langille Eaket Family: Greg, Bobby-Jo, Ethan, Emily
Greeters 1 Colleen Lefebvre Joanne Rondeau Ethel Skulmoski Albert & Doris Fuchs
Ushers Team 3 Amanda Pamintuan Librado Pamintuan Vince Meckler volunteer
Ushers 1 Al Mannle Maureen Kwasnicki Lisa Suresh Eric Kowalski
Stress in Your Marriage? Retrouvaille is a program for married couples that feel bored, disillusioned, frustrated, or angry in their marriage. Some experience coldness. Others experience conflict in their relation-ship. Most don’t know how to change the situation or even communicate with their spouse about it. Retrouvaille can help. For confidential informa-tion about or to register for the Oct. 12th-14th, 2018 weekend in Saskatoon,
call Ben & Joanne at (306) 652-7155 or email: [email protected]
Deepen Your Faith—Lighthouse Media kiosk in the gathering area — new books and CDs, just $7.
DOUGLAS PLUMBING & HEATING Regina
306-539-7900
• Residential & Commercial
• Rural work welcome
• 24 hour emergency service • SaskEnergy Network member
Donna Witt Independent Senior Sales Director
306-543-7664
Deborah Canevaro Independent Beauty Consultant
306-543-5701
You are invited to join our parish council. Do more than you could by yourself. Contact Wally Kaip at 306-949-1709 or at [email protected]
Creative Hearts Photography
by Ian Barredo
All occasions photography: on location
parties, baptisms, weddings. Photobooks.
Contact Maria Barredo 306-999-1225 or
www.campmonahan.ca Box 26035 Regina, SK S4R 8R7
Phone: (306) 522-1047 Fax: (306) 522-1558 Email: [email protected]
Catholic Women's League
We invite you to join our Council.
For information on membership and benefits, please contact:Sherry Enns
at 306-543-5658
Regina SK
Please tell our advertisers you saw their ad in the Holy Trinity bulletin.
DAYCARE in WESTHILL PARK
(639) 571 - 7955
Spots available for ages 18 months and up.
Open Monday to Friday 7 am to 5 pm.
On bus route to St Josaphat, St Mary and
Ruth M. Buck schools.
Help Wanted: Child Care (private home) 30-40 hours/week; must be willing to work flexible hours, have emergency Child Care First Aid, CPR, other related training or equivalent experience Maintain safe/healthy home environment for 3 children (9 mos., 6 yrs, 11 yrs). Prepare nutritious meals, sterilize bottles, prepare formula. Infant care (bathe, dress, change diapers). Supervise older children on personal hygiene, social develop-ment, assist with homework, tend to emotional well being. Discipline according to parent instructions. Light housekeep-ing and cleaning Contact [email protected]
Childcare Available in Normanview *Starting Sept. 4th *Before & After School (age 6 and up) *Serving St. Mary, St. Joan of Arc, Ecole Centennial, Elsie Mironuk *Personal shuttle service to St. Josaphat if required
Contact Pam at 306 543 2153
Archdiocese of Regina
445 Broad Street North Regina, SK S4R 2X8
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
The devastating reality of clergy sexual abuse has again confronted us in recent weeks, and in response, Pope
Francis has written an unprecedented letter to the People of God on this subject. It is reproduced for you below.
Please take time to read it carefully and prayerfully.
Pope Francis’s letter notes that the whole Church needs to be involved in responding to the reality of clergy
sexual abuse. As with many statements from church leaders in recent days, it calls for accountability structures
for bishops and priests, and draws a close connection between sexual abuse and the way in which bishops and
clergy exercise their authority. Pope Francis notes that the wounds of sexual abuse are shattering: “these
wounds never go away.” And he states unequivocally that God stands on the side of victims. Pope Francis’s
letter calls us to action: “no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from
happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated.”
Brothers and sisters in Christ, we too in the Archdiocese have a painful legacy of clergy sexual abuse, that all
victims suffer with, no matter where or when it happened. And as with the church elsewhere, we still have much
work to do in terms of acknowledging that past, walking with and supporting victims, strengthening our
structures for responding to those coming forward with concerns, and fostering transparency and accountability.
With the help of victims, we have taken some small steps towards that end, and ask your prayers, support and
involvement as we take further steps in the months to come.
Yours in Christ, Bishop Don
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD
“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons. Crimes that inflict deep wounds of pain and powerlessness, primarily among the victims, but also in their family members and in the larger community of believers and nonbelievers alike. Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient. Looking ahead to the future, no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated. The pain of the victims and their families is also our pain, and so it is urgent that we once more reaffirm our commitment to ensure the protection of minors and of vulnerable adults.
1. If one member suffers…
In recent days, a report was made public which detailed the experiences of at least a thousand survivors, victims of sexual abuse, the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests over a period of approximately seventy years. Even though it can be said that most of these cases belong to the past,
nonetheless as time goes on we have come to know the pain of many of the victims. We have realized that these wounds never disappear and that they require us forcefully to condemn these atrocities and join forces in uprooting this culture of death; these wounds never go away. The heart-wrenching pain of these victims, which cries out to heaven, was long ignored, kept quiet or silenced. But their outcry was more powerful than all the measures meant to silence it, or sought even to resolve it by decisions that increased its gravity by falling into complicity. The Lord heard that cry and once again showed us on which side he stands. Mary’s song is not mistaken and continues quietly to echo throughout history. For the Lord remembers the promise he made to our fathers: “he has scattered the proud in their conceit; he has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty” (Lk 1:51-53). We feel shame when we realize that our style of life has denied, and continues to deny, the words we recite.
With shame and repentance, we acknowledge as an ecclesial community that we were not where we should have been, that we did not act in a timely manner, realizing the magnitude and the gravity of the damage done to so many lives. We showed no care for the little ones; we abandoned them. I make my own the words of the then Cardinal Ratzinger when, during the Way of the Cross composed for Good Friday 2005, he identified with the cry of pain of so many victims and exclaimed: “How much filth there is in the Church, and even among those who, in the priesthood, ought to belong entirely to [Christ]! How much pride, how much self-complacency! Christ’s betrayal by his disciples, their unworthy reception of his body and blood, is certainly the greatest suffering endured by the Redeemer; it pierces his heart. We can only call to him from the depths of our hearts: Kyrie eleison – Lord, save us! (cf. Mt 8:25)” (Ninth Station).
2. … all suffer together with it
The extent and the gravity of all that has happened requires coming to grips with this reality in a comprehensive and communal way. While it is important and necessary on every journey of conversion to acknowledge the truth of what has happened, in itself this is not enough. Today we are challenged as the People of God to take on the pain of our brothers and sisters wounded in their flesh and in their spirit. If, in the past, the response was one of omission, today we want solidarity, in the deepest and most challenging sense, to become our way of forging present and future history. And this in an environment where conflicts, tensions and above all the victims of every type of abuse can encounter an outstretched hand to protect them and rescue them from their pain (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 228). Such solidarity demands that we in turn condemn whatever endangers the integrity of any person. A solidarity that summons us to fight all forms of corruption, especially spiritual corruption. The latter is “a comfortable and self-satisfied form of blindness. Everything then appears acceptable: deception, slander, egotism and other subtle forms of self-centeredness, for ‘even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light’ (2 Cor 11:14)” (Gaudete et Exsultate, 165). Saint Paul’s exhortation to suffer with those who suffer is the best antidote against all our attempts to repeat the words of Cain: “Am I my brother's keeper?” (Gen 4:9).
I am conscious of the effort and work being carried out in various parts of the world to come up with the necessary means to ensure the safety and protection of the integrity of children and of vulnerable adults, as well as implementing zero tolerance and ways of making all those who perpetrate or cover up these crimes accountable. We have delayed in applying these actions and sanctions that are so necessary, yet I am confident that they will help to guarantee a greater culture of care in the present and future.
Together with those efforts, every one of the baptized should feel involved in the ecclesial and social change that we so greatly need. This change calls for a personal and communal conversion that makes us see things as the Lord does. For as Saint John Paul II liked to say: “If we have truly started out anew from the contemplation of Christ, we must learn to see him especially in the faces of those with whom he wished to be identified” (Novo Millennio Ineunte, 49). To see things as the Lord does, to be where the Lord wants us to be, to experience a conversion of heart in his presence. To do so, prayer and penance will help. I invite the entire holy faithful People of God to a penitential exercise of prayer and fasting, following the Lord’s
command.[1] This can awaken our conscience and arouse our solidarity and commitment to a culture of care that says “never again” to every form of abuse.
It is impossible to think of a conversion of our activity as a Church that does not include the active participation of all the members of God’s People. Indeed, whenever we have tried to replace, or silence, or ignore, or reduce the People of God to small elites, we end up creating communities, projects, theological approaches, spiritualities and structures without roots, without memory, without faces, without bodies and ultimately, without lives.[2] This is clearly seen in a peculiar way of understanding the Church’s authority, one common in many communities where sexual abuse and the abuse of power and conscience have occurred. Such is the case with clericalism, an approach that “not only nullifies the character of Christians, but also tends to diminish and undervalue the baptismal grace that the Holy Spirit has placed in the heart of our people”.[3] Clericalism, whether fostered by priests themselves or by lay persons, leads to an excision in the ecclesial body that supports and helps to perpetuate many of the evils that we are condemning today. To say “no” to abuse is to say an emphatic “no” to all forms of clericalism.
It is always helpful to remember that “in salvation history, the Lord saved one people. We are never completely ourselves unless we belong to a people. That is why no one is saved alone, as an isolated individual. Rather, God draws us to himself, taking into account the complex fabric of interpersonal relationships present in the human community. God wanted to enter into the life and history of a people” (Gaudete et Exsultate, 6). Consequently, the only way that we have to respond to this evil that has darkened so many lives is to experience it as a task regarding all of us as the People of God. This awareness of being part of a people and a shared history will enable us to acknowledge our past sins and mistakes with a penitential openness that can allow us to be renewed from within. Without the active participation of all the Church’s members, everything being done to uproot the culture of abuse in our communities will not be successful in generating the necessary dynamics for sound and realistic change. The penitential dimension of fasting and prayer will help us as God’s People to come before the Lord and our wounded brothers and sisters as sinners imploring forgiveness and the grace of shame and conversion. In this way, we will come up with actions that can generate resources attuned to the Gospel. For “whenever we make the effort to return to the source and to recover the original freshness of the Gospel, new avenues arise, new paths of creativity open up, with different forms of expression, more eloquent signs and words with new meaning for today’s world” (Evangelii Gaudium, 11).
It is essential that we, as a Church, be able to acknowledge and condemn, with sorrow and shame, the atrocities perpetrated by consecrated persons, clerics, and all those entrusted with the mission of watching over and caring for those most vulnerable. Let us beg forgiveness for our own sins and the sins of others. An awareness of sin helps us to acknowledge the errors, the crimes and the wounds caused in the past and allows us, in the present, to be more open and committed along a journey of renewed conversion.
Likewise, penance and prayer will help us to open our eyes and our hearts to other people’s sufferings and to overcome the thirst for power and possessions that are so often the root of those evils. May fasting and prayer open our ears to the hushed pain felt by children, young people and the disabled. A fasting that can make us hunger and thirst for justice and impel us to walk in the truth, supporting all the judicial measures that may be necessary. A fasting that shakes us up and leads us to be committed in truth and charity with all men and women of good will, and with society in general, to combatting all forms of the abuse of power, sexual abuse and the abuse of conscience.
In this way, we can show clearly our calling to be “a sign and instrument of communion with God and of the unity of the entire human race” (Lumen Gentium, 1).
“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it”, said Saint Paul. By an attitude of prayer and penance, we will become attuned as individuals and as a community to this exhortation, so that we may grow in the gift of compassion, in justice, prevention and reparation. Mary chose to stand at the foot of her Son’s cross. She did so unhesitatingly, standing firmly by Jesus’ side. In this way, she reveals the way she lived her entire life.
When we experience the desolation caused by these ecclesial wounds, we will do well, with Mary, “to insist more upon prayer”, seeking to grow all the more in love and fidelity to the Church (SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, Spiritual Exercises, 319). She, the first of the disciples, teaches all of us as disciples how we are to halt before the sufferings of the innocent, without excuses or cowardice. To look to Mary is to discover the model of a true follower of Christ.
May the Holy Spirit grant us the grace of conversion and the interior anointing needed to express before these crimes of abuse our compunction and our resolve courageously to combat them.
Vatican City, 20 August 2018
FRANCIS
[1] “But this kind [of demon] does not come out except by prayer and fasting” (Mt 17:21).
[2] Cf. Letter to the Pilgrim People of God in Chile (31 May 2018).
[3] Letter to Cardinal Marc Ouellet, President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (19 March 2016).
