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Vatican City, Jan 26, 2015 (CNA/EWTN News, By Ann Schneible). Women in the page 11 family have a crucial role in transmitting the faith from one generation to the next, Faith Formation Director Greets Holy Father said Pope Francis during morning Mass for the feast of saints Timothy and Titus. pages 14-16 Addressing the congregation gathered in the Vatican's Santa Marta residence on Catholic Ministries Appeal Jan. 26, the Pope centered his reflection on Paul’s letter to Timothy – who writes Special Insert that his “sincere faith” comes from the Holy Spirit “through his mother and grand- Announcing Vision 2016 mother”. “Mothers and grandmothers are the ones who transmit the faith,” the Pope said, according to Vatican Radio's translation. He noted that faith is a gift which is passed from one generation to the next by the women in the family, namely “mothOfficials ers and grandmothers,” or “maids and aunts.” The reason faith is passed by “mainly women,” the Pope said, is “because the one who brought us Jesus is a woman.” The Most Rev. John M. Quinn, Bishop of the Diocese of Winona, announces “It is the path chosen by Jesus. He wanted to have a mother: the gift of faith the following: comes to us through women, as Jesus came to us through Mary.” Pope Francis stressed the need for women, “in our own day,” to be “aware of the duty they have Appointments: to transmit the faith.” The Pope went on to make the distinction between passing Mr. Peter Martin, appointed to be Minnesota Catholic Conference Diocesan Liaison for the Diocese of Winona, effective January 14, 2015. on the faith and teaching on matters of the faith. “Faith is a gift: it is not possible to study faith,” he explained. “We study the things of faith, yes, to understand it better, but with study (alone) one never comes Bishop's Calendar to faith. Faith is a gift of the Holy Spirit, which surpasses all ('academic') formation.” During his homily, the Pope also warned against timidity to avoid a faith that February 2, Monday February 7, Saturday 11 a.m. – Mass for Consecrated 4:30 p.m. – Mass and Anointing for is watered down. In Paul's letter, Timothy is told to avoid “empty pagan chatter, Religious, Our Lady of Good Counsel World Day of the Sick, St. Mary empty chatter of the world.” Convent, Mankato Hospital Chapel, Rochester “We have – all of us – received the gift of faith,” the Pope said. He warned of the importance of keeping the faith “in order that it not become watered down, so February 5, Thursday February 9, Monday 9 a.m. – Mass & talks with the students 4 p.m. – Sacred Heart Major that it remains strong, with the power of the Holy Spirit who gave it to us.” Pope at Crucifixion School, La Crescent Seminary Board Meeting, Detroit Francis also touched on the “spirit of timidity,” which “goes against the gift of faith.” 1 p.m. – Holy Hour (Bishop’s Cabinet) “God has not given us a spirit of timidity,” Pope Francis said. Timidity, he added, February 13, Friday 2 p.m. – Bishop’s Cabinet Mtg., Winona “does not let faith grow, advance, be great. Shame, in turn, is the following sin, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Teach at SMU February 6, Friday (which says): 'Yes, I have faith, but I cover it up, that it not be seen too much.'” 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. – Teach at St. Mary February 14, Saturday Referred to by “our forebears” as “rosewater” faith because of shame of living 9:15 a.m. – Spanish Mass at IHM University, Winona (SMU) “it powerfully,” the Pope said “this is not the faith.” Seminary, Winona “(Faith knows) neither timidity nor shame. What is it, then? It is a spirit of power and of love and of prudence: that is what faith is." “We ask the Lord’s grace,” Pope Francis concluded, “that we might have a sincere faith, a faith Child Abuse Policy Information that is not negotiable depending on the opportunities that come, a faith that every day I try to Diocese of Winona - Child Sexual Abuse Policy revive or at least ask the Holy Spirit to revive it, and make it bear much fruit.” Information http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/women-are-irreplaceable-in-passing-on-the-faith-pope-says-21135/
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