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Ministry Schedule     Rocky Ford - Feb   Fowler- N/A    Ordway- Feb

   

Series of articles from Bulletins

Liturgical Catechesis on the Mass   Liturgy of the Word    Gloria   Christmas   The Creed (introduction to part X)  The Creed (part XI to XXI)


News and Other Items of Interest

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What has happened to Common Sense?

THE FAILURE OF LIBERAL CATHOLICISM PART I

 Report released on clergy sexual abuse of minors

Movie: The Rite

Adoration: Holy Hour

Contraception: The Elephant in the Living Room

Being Christian in Islamic Countries

The Slippery Slope from a Pure and godly Sexual Ethic

When Catholic Health Care Ceases To Be Catholic

Pope Stands Firm On Condom Use

Akin of Catholic Answers writes about Pope and Condom debate

Pope's remarks in book open new chapter in condom debate

The Contraception, the Pill and Breast Cancer

Contraception The Bitter Pill

Loss of Catholic Values-Article from Archbishop Chaput of Denver

Article about Funerals

Church Response to Allegations against the Pope

A Sex Abuse Expert Sees Hope in Pope Benedict

What's Your Authority?: Dealing with door to door missionaries (and maybe even some relatives!)


 Bishop-Fernando Isern                                                                                                                                                                                                     Bishop Emeritus - Arthur N. Tafoya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATION OF BISHOP FERNANDO ISERN'S COAT OF ARMS

Bishop Isern's Coat of Arms includes the Shield of the Diocese of Pueblo on the left and his personal arms on the right. The crenellated wall on the Diocesan Shield symbolizes old Fort Pueblo and the curving line below the wall represents the Arkansas River which divides the city. The Sacred Heart of jesus represents the Sacred Heart Cathedral and is flanked on each side by a rose. The rose to the immediate left represents Mary under the title of the "Mystical Rose." The rose to the immediate right represents St. Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower) Principal Patroness of the Diocese.

The right side of the Coat of Arms includes two red (gules) fish, taken from the Crest of the Isern Family; they symbolize the miracle of the Multiplication. The Lord takes, blesses and multiplies, the He returns to the disciples entrusting them with the distribution and the care of the vast crowd.

The cross and the crescent moon symbolize God's love shed over humanity: the Father, whose heart is broken in seeing his Son dying on the Cross for love of us; the Son, giving himself as a oblation for Love of us; and Mary, symbolized by the crescent of the moon at the foot of the Cross, her heart symbolically pierced by a sword, for love of us.

Within the banner at the bottom of the Coat of Arms is the Motto chosen by Bishop Isern: THE LOVE OF CHRIST COMPELS US ON.