Comments on: New sisters, new seminarians, new deacon, new home http://bishopstika.org/2010/06/new-sisters-new-seminarians-new-deacon-new-ho/ Bishop Richard F. Stika’s Blog Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:07:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Laudeman http://bishopstika.org/2010/06/new-sisters-new-seminarians-new-deacon-new-ho/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Bill Laudeman Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:26:57 +0000 http://bishopstika.org/?p=530#comment-180 Very Reverend Bishop; It is very exciting to read of the growth of vocations, and that of several religious communities in our diocese. My wife and I can still vividly recall our misgivings about moving from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1970 - - into what was then a sometimes violently anti-Catholic region. While we still see the same misunderstanding and derision from some, the growth of the Church and the examples of many outstanding Catholics in every walk of life has, over those 40 years, changed the majority of non-Catholic minds toward a much more open and positive way of seeing the Church. Your voice, and the presence of these "new" religious can only accelerate the trend. May God continue to guide and protect you and them! Very Reverend Bishop;
It is very exciting to read of the growth of vocations, and that of several religious communities in our diocese. My wife and I can still vividly recall our misgivings about moving from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1970 – - into what was then a sometimes violently anti-Catholic region. While we still see the same misunderstanding and derision from some, the growth of the Church and the examples of many outstanding Catholics in every walk of life has, over those 40 years, changed the majority of non-Catholic minds toward a much more open and positive way of seeing the Church.

Your voice, and the presence of these "new" religious can only accelerate the trend.

May God continue to guide and protect you and them!

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