If God Had Texted Moses (2)

Moses: Check your phone!

No 2 You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God. (NIV Dt 5:11)

Courtesy of Sr. Carol Cimino, PhD and Religious Education Consultant for Sadlier Publishers.

Bible Students Awarded Basic Certificates

Yr 2 Students Study with Dr. Don Gray

On Wednesday, May 25, people of all ages gathered at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in West Hartford to receive a variety of awards and certificates presented by the Office of Religious Education under the authority of the Archbishop of Hartford, Henry Mansell.

The following second-year CBS students qualified this year for the Certificate in Basic Biblical Studies:


Ms. Alexis Chacchia, St. Teresa, Woodbury
Ms. Lynda T. Curtis, St. Francis of Assisi, South Windsor
Sr. Doretta D’Albero, ASCJ, Mt. Sacred Heart, Hamden
Dr. Paula A. deSilva,  St. Ann, Avon
Mr. Thomas A. Desjardin, St. John the Evangelist, Watertown
Ms. Yvonne Distante, St. Mary, New Haven
Ms. Prudence Doty, St. Dominic, Southington
Ms. Elizabeth M. Gerrity,  Resurrection, Wallingford
Deacon Edward J. Giard, St. Christopher, East Hartford
Ms. Fran Giard, St. Christopher, East Hartford
Ms. Kimberly Green, St. Peter Claver, West Hartford
Ms. Margaret M. Hurley, Sacred Heart, Bloomfield
Mr. Karl L. Kuhn, St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hartford
Ms. Amy Louen, Immaculate Conception, Waterbury
Sr. Maria Lourdes Maranan, ASCJ, Mt. Sacred Heart, Hamden
Ms. Martha C. Marin, Sacred Heart/Sagrado Corazo, Waterbury
Ms. Carol Ann McAllister, St. Francis of Assisi, Naugatuck*
Ms. Constance T. Oligino, Our Lady of Assumption, Woodbridge
Mr. Albert Van Leuven, St. Clare, East Haven*
Ms. Phyllis Voira, St. Francis, New Haven
Mr.Bogumil Romuald Zacharski, St. Augustine, Hartford

*Will be completing certificate in summer

Words Made Flesh: The Presence of the Spirit

Broken heart filled with Spirit

"In John's Gospel, the sense of loss among the apostles is palpable as Jesus prepares to take leave of them. Peter asks: 'Lord where are you going?' (John 13:36) and 'Lord, why can I not follow you now?' (John 13:37). To this poignant longing Jesus responds: 'If you love me you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever' (John 14:15). Then Jesus identifies the new Advocate (Gk paracletos) as the Spirit of truth, unknown to the world but an abiding presence within the disciples (John 14:17). This then is the foundation of our trust in the guidance of the Spirit.

"...The new Advocate is not a kind of a proxy sent to replace the absent Lord: on the contrary, it assures his presence as well as the Father's. They will 'come to' the one who remains faithful to Jesus' word, and they will dwell 'with' him."

Biblical Reflection for 6th Sunday of Easter

For Fr. Rosica's commentary on the other readings from this Sunday, click here.

Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB is CEO of the Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation and Television Network in Canada. He is a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and writes a weekly commentary on the Sunday readings for Zenit.

*ZENIT is a non-profit international news agency comprising a team of professionals and volunteers who are convinced of the extraordinary richness of the Catholic Church's message, particularly its social doctrine. The ZENIT team sees this message as a light for understanding today's world.

If God Had Texted Moses

Moses: Check your phone!

In the spirit of lighthearted fun in the Third Millennium, here's a summer series asking the question, "What would the Decalogue (Ten Commandments) look like if God had texted Moses?"

No 1: You shall have no other gods before me. (NIV Dt 5:7)

Courtesy of Sr. Carol Cimino, PhD and Religious Education Consultant for Sadlier Publishers.