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Archbishop O’Brien
The Catholic Review
A sweatshirt was generously given to me some months ago by a well-meaning individual during one of my parish visits with a logo on the front that reads:
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Archbishop O’Brien
The Catholic Review
Several years ago, when I was Archbishop for the Military Archdiocese, I experienced an unexpected, but very memorable, encounter during a long midnight layover in Anchorage on a pastoral visit to our bases in the Far East.
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Archbishop O’Brien
The Catholic Review
It was a week that most of us will long remember and gratefully recall!
In a message videotaped before his arrival, Pope Benedict XVI clearly stated the theme he would develop in keeping with “three simple but essential words: ‘Christ Our Hope.’ ” He said he wished to “proclaim this great truth: Jesus Christ is hope for men and women of every language, race, culture and social condition.”
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Archbishop O’Brien
The Catholic Review
The following is Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s April 13 homily from the bicentennial Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore.
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Archbishop O'Brien
The Catholic Review
A couple of weeks ago I was pleased to join in honoring Judge Frank E. Cicone, Former Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Baltimore County, in a surprise celebration of his 50th anniversary of joining the Maryland Bar. I had known little of him except of the wide respect in which he has been held in the local legal community all these years. I did manage a number of conversations with professionals in the local justice community, however, and the overriding praiseworthy quality that was attributed to him was “civility.” Effective, objective and thorough has he been all these years, I was told, but the hundreds who gathered to surprise him that evening were there because of his unwavering “civility” – his treatment of all who stood before him with respect and dignity.
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Archbishop O'Brien
The Catholic Review
This week finds me away from Baltimore and enjoying, absorbing the spiritual grandeur of Rome, the world’s Eternal City.
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By Archbishop O’Brien
The Catholic Review
The following is the homily Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien gave at the Chrism Mass March 17 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland.
The celebration of the Mass of Chrism marks a privileged moment for the People of God throughout the Church Universal this week and what a privileged moment this is for me to stand in your midst, the People of God of Baltimore.
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Archbishop O’Brien
The Catholic Review
The last several years, as each very special Chrism Mass approaches, I have found food for the soul in a 2002 Chrism Mass homily offered by Baltimore’s proud native son Bishop Victor Galeone of St. Augustine. I thought I should share it with you and am grateful to my good friend, the Bishop of St. Augustine, for permission to do so:
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Archbishop O'Brien
The Catholic Review
In our society, there is a great emphasis placed on value. Homes, cars, jewelry – even a college education has a value or worth assigned to it. The process of determining the value of something is often predicated on what an individual is willing to pay for it. What that individual pays is referred to as the “fair market value” and is the basis of the valuation system used to set prices for nearly every commodity.
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By Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
The Catholic Review
“EnCourage” is a support group for relatives and loved ones of individuals with same-sex attraction. It was founded in 1990 with the following official goals:
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