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New Earth CATHOLIC DIOCESE
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“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth” — Rev. 21:1
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“Among the many blessings that God has showered upon us in Christ is the blessing of marriage, a gift bestowed by the Creator from the creation of the human race. His hand has inscribed the vocation to marriage in the very nature of man and woman. Pastoral letter of the USCCB, Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan
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Encountering and sharing Christ’s love
Diocese planning ‘Year of Marriage and Family’ By Aliceyn Magelky
around the world to take action to celebrate and defend the beauty of n St. John Paul II’s apostolic exmarried and family life. Specifically, hortation, “Familiaris Consorin November 2009, the U.S. Catholic A stained-glass window, above, from St. Edward’s tio,” he formally noted the crisis Bishops approved and published a Church in Seattle shows Jesus, Mary and Joseph marriage and families were facpastoral letter called “Marriage: Love on their flight into Egypt. The feast day of the Holy ing and the need to take action. and Life in the Divine Plan.” The letFamily is Dec. 28, 2014. That date marks the He stated, “At a moment of history ter presents the essential points of tentative launch date for the Fargo Diocese’s Year in which the family is the object of Catholic teaching on marriage. Also, of Marriage and Family. numerous forces that seek to destroy the document points out several Photo by CNS / Crosiers it or in some way to deform it, and challenges to marriages and how the aware that the well-being of society church may address those challenges. and her own good are intimately tied In response to the guiding words of that document, the Dito the good of the family, the church perceives in a more urocese of Fargo set out on a path to develop an initiative to gent and compelling way her mission of proclaiming to all celebrate and promote marriage and family life. people the plan of God for marriage and the family, ensuring Beginning at the end of 2014, the Diocese of Fargo will their full vitality and human and Christian development, and dedicate 12 months to celebrating marriage and family. The thus contributing to the renewal of society and of the people proposed theme, “Year of Marriage and Family: Encountering of God.” Those words led to a more concerted effort by bishops Please turn to YEAR-LONG on page 4
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Launch tentatively set for the Feast of the Holy Family