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Ss. Peter & Paul June 29
June 2024
Joy at Holy Spirit
Official Newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester, MN | dowr.org
Holy Spirit Makes Christians Gentle, Rochester Parish Celebrates Renovations Not 'Overbearing,' By LYNN FARRELL Pope Says �oly Spirit Parish in Rochester was filled with great By JUSTIN MCLELLAN, Catholic News Service joy on May 19 as Bishop Robert Barron blessed the church’s recently completed worship space, completing a vision and desire that goes back 30 years. Pentecost is the feast day of Holy Spirit. Joy, as Bishop Barron spoke about in the homily, is a sign of the Holy Spirit. The church was built under the guidance of its first pastor, Fr. Dale Tupper, who joined Bishop Barron and current pastor Fr. Tom Loomis to celebrate together with the parishioners. The space was originally built with the dual purpose of worship and a gymnasium for the school. What started as a simple renovation plan to cover the concrete floor and move the tabernacle into the church grew to include a raised sanctuary, a stone wall stretching to the tall ceiling, and the addition of liturgical art. The end result is a finished worship space - something new to the second-youngest parish in the diocese, now more than 30 years old. The entire parish was engaged in the process, led by a committee of 12 parishioners who worked closely with Fr. Loomis to follow the guidelines laid out by the diocese on building and remodeling church space. “The goal of the project is to find the best possible way to celebrate the Eucharist in this space, along with weddings, baptisms and funerals. We want to offer something that people want to be a part of,” Fr. Loomis said. Joy, cont'd on pg. 16
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Empowered and enlightened by the Holy Spirit, Christians are called to develop the gentleness needed to proclaim the Gospel to all, Pope Francis said. Just as the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples, transformed their hearts and instilled in them a "serene courage" to share their experience of Jesus, the pope said that today's Catholics who received the gift of the Spirit in baptism and confirmation are called to develop a similar missionary impulse. "From the 'upper room' of this basilica, like the apostles, we too are being sent forth to proclaim the Gospel to all," Pope Francis said in his homily for Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica May 19. "We are sent into the world not only geographically, but also beyond the frontiers of race and religion for a truly universal mission." Yet, he said, Christians are called to evangelize through the "power and gentleness" of the Spirit, "not with arrogance and imposition." "Christians are not overbearing," he said; "their strength is another: the strength of the Spirit."
Gentle, cont'd on pg. 2
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