On Sunday April 25, 2010 at St. Louis Cathedral, we gathered with Sisters of the Holy Family
and the Archdiocesan Seminarians to celebrate Vocations. Pope Benedict signed a decree recognizing Mother Henriette Delille, who founded the Sisters of the Holy Family to minister to the poor and elderly, and particularly to slaves, as venerable. Mother Delille's dedication to God, is expressed in her prayer. . . I believe in God. I hope in God. I love. I want to live and die for God, exemplifies her extra ordinary dedication as a woman who loved God with all her heart.
Venerable Henriette Delille lived a virtuous life of heroic virtue. She was a woman . . .
Catholic Bishops Urge Participation in 2010 Census
WASHINGTON-Through the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to encourage participation in the Census 2010, in order to reach hard-to-count communities. "By reaching out to more than 25,000 parishes and missions, we hope to trumpet the importance of being counted as well as channel interested persons toward employment as census takers," said Beverly Carroll, assistant director for African American Affairs of the Secretariat. Archbishop José Gomez of San Antonio, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Cultural Diversity, urged parishes and dioceses to encourage local people to participate...
Servant of God, Henriette Delille
Theologians to meet May 29, 2009
By Barbara Duhe
In our last newsletter we shared with you that a commission of Historians with the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints overwhelmingly approved the official biography submitted in the beatification cause of our foundress, Mother Henriette Delille. This happened in October, 2008.