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Letter to the Faithful of Our Lady of Lourdes from Archbishop Rozanski
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Archdiocese Decree - Our Lady of Lourdes
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4 months agoDay 9 – May 27, 2023 O Holy Spirit, Soul of my soul, I adore you. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I ought to do, and command me to do it. I promise to submit myself...
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4 months agoDay 8 – May 26, 2023 O Holy Spirit, Soul of my soul, I adore you. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I ought to do, and command me to do it. I promise to submit myself...
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4 months agoDay 7 – May 25, 2023 O Holy Spirit, Soul of my soul, I adore you. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I ought to do, and command me to do it. I promise to submit myself...
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4 months agoDay 6 – May 24, 2023 O Holy Spirit, Soul of my soul, I adore you. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I ought to do, and command me to do it. I promise to submit myself...
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4 months agoDay 5 – May 23, 2023 O Holy Spirit, Soul of my soul, I adore you. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I ought to do, and command me to do it. I promise to submit myself...
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Glossary of TermsTerms may be included in the parish decrees
- amalgamated/subsumed: when one parish is united to another parish in such a way that the first parish no longer exists and the second parish remains
- associate pastor: a parochial vicar, a priest who serves as a co-worker with the pastor and pastorally ministers by common counsel and effort with the pastor and under his authority
- church: a sacred edifice dedicated for divine worship and to which the faihtful have right of entry; the following are also terms commonly used to describe churches: basilica, cathedral, chapel, oratory, shrine, worship site
- deanery: a grouping of a certain number of parishes over which is placed a dean who promotes and coordinates common pastoral activity within it
- decree: a singular administrative act issued by the diocesan bishop which is required to alter a parish or take other actions in canon law
- juridic structure of a parish: the faithful, proper pastor, and finance council of a parish, under the authority of the diocesan bishop
- just cause: a legally sufficient reason is needed for the diocesan bishop, after consultation with the diocesan presbyteral council, to erect, suppress, or merge a parish
- merged: a parish that has been subsumed into another parish with the latter parish remaining, or two or more parishes that have been united in such a way that a new parish is established from them
- mission: a group of the faithful to whom pastoral care is provided but which is not large enough to be established as a parish
- multi-parish pastoring: when two or more parishes are entrusted to one pastor; Mass times may change and staff and programs may consolidate
- parish church: in a parish with more than one church, the parish church is the one preferentially used for divine worship
- parochial administrator: a priest temporarily entrusted with the pastoral care of a parish under the authority of the diocesan bishop in whose ministry of Christ he has been called to share
- pastor: a priest stably entrusted wth the pastoral care of a parish under the authority of the diocesan bishop in whose ministry of Christ he has been called to share
- personal parish: a parish established to serve a group of the faithful determined by reason of the rite, language, or nationality
- rector: a priest to whom is entrusted the care of and celebration of the sacraments in a non-parish church
- senior priest in residence: a priest who celebrates the sacraments in a church
- suppress: when a personal parish is altered in such a way that it no longer exists; its church remains a sacred edifice open to the faithful
- territorial parish: a parish which includes all the Christian faithful of a certain territory
- vicariate: a specific part of a diocese entrusted to an episcopal vicar who assists the diocesan bishop in the pastoral governance of that part of the diocese; in the Archdiocese of St. Louis there will be 3 vicariates
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Letter on Schools:
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