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Bishop's Corner
Updated: January 26th, 2012
Faith makes life worth living
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Friday, 03 February 2012
Life today passes at lightning speed — or so it seems — and before you know it, some opportunity or event has passed you by. I’ve been wanting to see the Christmas lights at the Toledo Zoo for eight years. I finally did it only this past December. In October 2012 the church will begin observi...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Thursday, 26 January 2012
In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Jan. 20 ruling mandating that all health plans cover contraception and sterilization, Bishop Leonard P. Blair issued the following letter Jan. 26:  Dear Brothers and Sisters in ...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Friday, 20 January 2012
On Jan. 20, 2012, it was announced that the Obama administration has refused to rescind its requirement that sterilization, abortifacients and contraception be included in virtually all health plans by 2013, without regard for religious belief or con...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Friday, 06 January 2012
A Happy New Year to readers of the Chronicle, and a public thank you to all those who sent me Christmas cards or greetings. Your thoughtfulness is deeply appreciated. You have a special remembrance in my prayers. The transition to a new year is alwa...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Friday, 02 December 2011
“Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will …” Thus reads the new translation of the “Gloria” at Mass, to be sung at Christmas. Scripture scholars go back and forth about the best way to translate the original Gre...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Friday, 04 November 2011
At a recent meeting of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, which includes representatives from each deanery, we heard a presentation on the work of a local group that promotes awareness and education in so...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Friday, 07 October 2011
Some months ago, I made a resolution — and even spoke about it on my radio program — that I would abstain from eating meat on Fridays. I said that every time I pray the Act of Contrition I pledge ...
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
Q: Why did the Bishops of Ohio make their decision about Catholic fundraising for Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Komen)? A: For some years a number of Catholics have questioned fundraisers held under C...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Friday, 02 September 2011
This summer I read “Early Christianity in North Africa,” a book about Christianity in North Africa at the end of the Roman Empire. North Africa was heavily Christian before the Muslim conquest, an...
BISHOP LEONARD P. BLAIR
Monday, 08 August 2011
In a talk at the end of May, Pope Benedict said that what we are witnessing today is a great crisis of faith. “In past decades,” the Holy Father observed, “it was still possible to find a genera...