Melo, May 6, 2011 Dear diocesan
:
On this day 130 years ago, died in Sugar Loaf, on a mission, Bishop Jacinto Vera, first bishop of Uruguay. He remembered and beloved pastor had from the beginning of his mission, a special concern for the formation of future priests for our Church and founded the current Inter-diocesan Seminary Christ the King.
Our Diocese does not have at the moment with young people in training for the priesthood natives of our own soil. On 15 May, Pope Benedict XVI invites us to pray for vocations in the local Church, that is, in each diocese. If you always need our prayer that the Lord will send laborers into his harvest ", for this pilgrim people in Cerro Largo and Treinta y Tres is a pressing need. I therefore call on all communities who are zealous in that prayer, especially on the Sunday of the Good Shepherd.
Thanks to efforts initiated at the time of Bishop Luis del Castillo, our Diocese has received Colombian youth en route to the priesthood. There are currently three: Luis Fernando and José Reinaldo, and Deacons, and Juan Fernando, still a seminarian. All three are still in training, preparing for ministerial service with us.
Sunday May 15 will be in every parish a collection designed to raise funds to help defray the costs of their training, particularly in its monthly withdrawals, very important moment in this stage of his journey.
I ask everyone for their generous contribution to the safety of the Lord, who sees the heart, will appreciate what each has to offer.
blesses heart,
+
Bishop Heriberto de Melo
0 comments:
Post a Comment