ARCHBISHOP WEISGERBER
About 90 Canadian bishops, including our own Archbishop Miller, will be in Ottawa starting Monday as they hold their annual plenary assembly. They'll be electing a new permanent council, including a new president now that Winnipeg Archbishop James Weisgerber's term has come to an end.
Portions of the meeting that will be open to media include talks by U.S. theologian Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz, Murray/Bacik professor of Catholic studies at the University of Toledo in Ohio, who will deliver presentations relating to the Year of the Priest and on the impact of Vatican II on the priesthood and its reality today, and on the relationship between the ministerial priesthood and the priesthood of the baptized.
The bishops will also discuss the Catholic identity in the public sphere, Catholic-Anglican relations, the pastoral response to poverty, the role of bishops in life issues, and, of course, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, which got caught up in controversy over the past year due to its links with abortion-supporting groups in Latin America.
The meeting wraps up on Friday, Oct. 23.
Portions of the meeting that will be open to media include talks by U.S. theologian Dr. Richard R. Gaillardetz, Murray/Bacik professor of Catholic studies at the University of Toledo in Ohio, who will deliver presentations relating to the Year of the Priest and on the impact of Vatican II on the priesthood and its reality today, and on the relationship between the ministerial priesthood and the priesthood of the baptized.
The bishops will also discuss the Catholic identity in the public sphere, Catholic-Anglican relations, the pastoral response to poverty, the role of bishops in life issues, and, of course, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, which got caught up in controversy over the past year due to its links with abortion-supporting groups in Latin America.
The meeting wraps up on Friday, Oct. 23.
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