The multifaceted campaign started off with a series of radio spots, print ads, news coverage in the archdiocesan newspaper, The Record, and requests in churches throughout the archdiocese for active Catholics to send in cards identifying any inactive Catholics they know. Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly of Louisville said he would send a personal letter to each inactive Catholic identified, inviting him or her to return to the church. We're incomplete without them,'' the archbishop said. The archdiocesan evangelization office has scheduled eight listening sessions across the archdiocese in March. Follow-up resources will include counseling services and parish contact teams.
Views are sharply divided.
Catholics with differing views gathered Jan 26-28 at Holy Cross College in Worcester. They included bishops, theologians, architects and liturgists. The gathering was the second of a two-part meeting sponsored by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, said organizer Paul Covino. Covino is a Common Ground committee member and associate chaplain and director of liturgy at the Jesuit-run college. Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde said legislation passed by Virginia's House and Senate to require informed consent and a 24-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions makes sense.