Speaker challenges Catholics to help reform secular culture
TOLEDO—A professor of moral and systematic theology at Detroit’s Sacred Heart Major Seminary said Catholics need to reform and evangelize the culture so better decisions are made when facing medical decisions relating to beginning and end of life issues.
Mark Latkovic spoke at the Toledo Club during the March 4 First Thursday Dialogue sponsored by the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Deanery, Secretariat of Catholic Charities and Secretariat for Pastoral Leadership.
Listen to his entire speech in the following audio clip.
Dr. Patricia Cooney-Hathaway speaks on "Contributions of Women to the Church" at the next luncheon. For details, see the events listing.
Bishop Leonard P. Blair describes challenges facing schools
This is the complete, unedited audio from a video of Toledo Bishop Leonard P. Blair that was to be shown at Masses at the beginning and end of Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 30-Feb. 7, 2010. In it, Bishop Blair describes the state of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Toledo, citing their many accomplishments and documenting the challenges facing Catholic education.
Speaker encourages being an active citizen
TOLEDO—Being a faithful citizen is just as important today, if not more so, than it was before last year’s presidential election, according to a speaker during the diocese’s First Thursday Luncheon Nov. 5.
Joan Rosenhauer, executive vice president of U.S. Operations for Catholic Relief Services, spoke about why we need to remain politically active. Before taking her post with CRS earlier this year, she worked for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and had lead staff responsibility in developing the 2007 document, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.”
Click on the audio file to hear her speech.
Centenary Hymn: "Magnificat"
The Oct. 7 opening liturgy for the Diocese of Toledo’s centenary celebration included the premiere of a special hymn composed by a 2001 graduate of Toledo St. Francis de Sales.
The piece by Daniel J. Knaggs, 26, was selected as the winning entry in a centenary hymn competition the diocese announced last February.
Listen to the Toledo Diocesan Choir sing "Magnificat," the centenary hymn, in the following audio clip.
