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  • Bishop’s Blog: Vaccines And Word Of God Sunday
    Bishop’s Blog: Vaccines And Word Of God Sunday
    January 20, 2021 by Bishop da Cunha
    USCCB Statement on Covid-19 Vaccines On December 14, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued...
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  • Bishop’s Blog: Embracing A New Day
    Bishop’s Blog: Embracing A New Day
    January 13, 2021 by Bishop da Cunha
      As we look forward to 2021 and beyond, let us, as people of faith, embrace our call to witness the Good News. To answer this call for not only today but also that future generations can come to know and understand the beauty of the Catholic...
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  • Bishop’s Blog: A Necessary Step Forward In The New Year
    Bishop’s Blog: A Necessary Step Forward In The New Year
    January 7, 2021 by Bishop da Cunha
      As I write this, my first blog post in 2021, I want to begin by assuring you of my prayers for a healthy and happy New Year for you, your family, and loved ones. I am praying that God will bless us all with His Grace...
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  • Bishop's Blog: Moving Ahead and Looking Back
    Bishop’s Blog: Moving Ahead and Looking Back
    December 30, 2020 by Bishop da Cunha
      This year let us make Christmas not just the celebration of an event that happened long ago and far away. Let us make it real for us now. Let us make Christmas all about the coming of Jesus anew for each of us personally. The German...
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  • Bishop's Blog: Welcoming Christmas
    Bishop’s Blog: Welcoming Christmas
    December 23, 2020 by Bishop da Cunha
      My first Christmas in the United States came in 1978, and it had a very different feeling to the ones I celebrated in Brazil. I had only arrived in the U.S. in February of 1978, soon after the famous Blizzard of ‘78. It was a very...
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  • Bishop's Blog: Preparing for Christmas
    Bishop’s Blog: Preparing for Christmas
    December 16, 2020 by Bishop da Cunha
    O Antiphons The Church has its own countdown—the O Antiphons of Advent— which begin on December 17 and conclude on Christmas Eve.  The Roman Church has been singing the “O” Antiphons since at least the eighth century. They are the antiphons that accompany the Magnificat canticle of...
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