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ARCHBISHOP OF NEW ORLEANS
ISSUES RACIAL HARMONY STATEMENT
Fifty years ago Archbishop Joseph Rummel of New Orleans issued a landmark pastoral letter in which he declared racial segregation to be "morally wrong and sinful."
On the 50th anniversary of the letter, Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans said, "We still face unaddressed issues in our midst," and announced a new pastoral letter on racial harmony entitled Made in the Image and Likeness of God. The letter provides a reflective analysis of the Church's teaching and concrete proposals for a plan of action. He said, "Katrina has exposed the sad realities which not only entrap those (racial and ethnic minorities) caught in the web of poverty, illiteracy, illegal drugs and violence, but paralyze us all."
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PRAYER FOR SAFETY
IN HURRICANE SEASON
O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude. You are still the Master of land and sea. We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant, can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land and spread chaos and disaster.
During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time. O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our Beloved Mother, we ask you to plead with your Son in our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son to reach the heavenly Jerusalem where a stormless eternity awaits us. Amen.
+Maurice Schexnayder (1895-1981)
Second Bishop of Lafayette
(Louisiana)
Imprimatur: August 29, 1967
 Our Lady of Prompt Succor,
Patroness of Louisiana,
hasten to help us!
Updated 6/27/08 |
