Bishop Henning on Sacred Memories

"During this month of May, I have continued my tour of this beautiful state. In recent weeks, I have had the privilege of participating in several memorial gatherings.

"On May 6, I traveled to the Rhode Island State Fire Academy. The Academy is a relatively new institution in our state and provides critical training for firefighters across Rhode Island. On the campus grounds, there is a fitting monument to the firefighters lost in the exercise of their duty. Their names, stretching back to the early 1800s, are etched into the wall, and I felt privileged to pray that day for the fallen, for their families, for our current firefighters, and for our communities. . . .

"As I write these words, I am also thinking forward to the upcoming observance of Memorial Day here in Rhode Island and across the United States. In each of the above instances and in many other such memorials across the state, there is a common thread of men and women of courage and integrity who risk and sacrifice themselves for the sake of family, neighbor, and community. . . ."

In a recent commentary, Bishop Richard G. Henning, the new bishop of the Diocese of Providence (RI), reflected on May as a month of sacred memorials and on our Blessed Mother's anguish at the suufering and death of her son, Jesus..

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The State of Hope: Sacred Memory (25 MAY 23)