February 14, 2020 –ย Day 5 of Ad Limina – Rome, Italy
February 13, 2020 –ย Day 4 of Ad Limina – Rome, Italy
Pope Francis meets with Bishop Noonan! More photos to come. Stay tuned! Photo credit: CNS
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ก๐ผ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป: Bishop just called the Diocese to share the wonderful news about his meeting with Pope Francis. He said he had a truly beautiful experience with the Holy Father. The bishops and the Pope had frank and open conversations about pastoral concerns, vocations, economics, young people and more.
February 12, 2020 –ย Day 3 of Ad Limina – Rome, Italy
๐ณ:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ
Bishop Noonan participated in the celebration of Mass at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. This basilica is one of the oldest and most important shrines in the world dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. One legend, unreported before the year 1000, gives another name to this church: Our Lady of the Snows. According to that story, a wealthy Roman couple pledged their fortune to the Mother of God. In affirmation, she produced a miraculous summer snowfall and told them to build a church on the site.
๐ต:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐
Bishop Noonan met with the Congregation for Clergy. It examines matters regarding priests and deacons not belonging to religious orders. It fosters the ongoing education of clergy, especially concerning their sanctification and the effective exercise of their pastoral ministry, most of all in preaching of the Word of God.
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
๐ญ๐ญ:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ
Bishop Noonan met with the Congregation for Consecrated Life. It is responsible for everything which concerns institutes of consecrated life (orders and religious congregations, both of men and of women, secular institutes) and societies of apostolic life regarding their government, discipline, studies, goods, rights, and privileges.
๐ฑ:๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐
Bishop Noonan will meet with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. The Commissionโs task is to advise the Holy Father on effective policies for the protection of minors and vulnerable adults and educational programs for all who are involved in this work. Members work with survivors in developing platforms for the Church to listen to the voices of people who have been abused.
๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ.
February 11, 2020 –ย Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes
Bishop Noonan sharing Faith and fellowship with Father Dominic Buckley who is studying in Rome.ย ๐
Vatican Offices are closed today in honor of the Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes! Bishop Noonanโs โAd Liminaโ meetings will continue tomorrow!
February 10, 2020 –ย Day 1 of Ad Limina – Rome, Italy
7:30 Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran
Bishop Noonan participated in the celebration of Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. This is the cathedral of the diocese of Rome, the official ecclesiastical seat of the Holy Father.
9:30 Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
Bishop Noonan met with the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. It is the responsibility of this Dicastery to advance the vocation and mission of the lay faithful in the Church and in the world, both as individuals and as members of associations, movements and communities. It fosters an awareness of our shared responsibility for the life and mission of the Church by virtue of the Sacrament of Baptism.
This Dicastery also defends the dignity and well-being of the family, supports the protection of human life from conception to natural death, and sustains the Holy Father’s initiatives in the field of youth ministry.
In the Diocese of Orlando, the Secretariat for Laity, Family, and Life has a similar mission.
9:30 Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Bishop Noonan also met with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. This Dicastery dedicates particular attention to taking care of the goods of justice, peace and the safeguarding of Creation, as well as issues regarding disarmament, human rights, human mobility, health, charitable works, expressing the concern and attention of the Pope towards a humanity that suffers, among whom are the needy, the ill and the excluded.
In the Diocese of Orlando, the Secretariat for Human Dignity and Solidarity has a similar mission. This Secretariat includes Catholic Charities of Central Florida.
February 9, 2020
Bishop Noonan has arrived safely at North American College, his home for the next few days. He survived a sleepless 8-hour flight. Up next? Mass with other bishops.ย ๐
February 8, 2020
Bishopโs bags are packed and heโs ready to go! Please keep him in your prayers as he heads to Rome!ย ๐
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Posted February 10, 2020