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February - March 2008   Vol. 35, No. 1

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FROM THE  CHAIR

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Report of the Chair to the FDLC Board of Directors during its January 2008 meeting.

The Executive Director and the Board Chair remain in regular communication.  Emails continue on an almost daily basis. Each week Lisa Tarker and I discuss by phone the ongoing work of the Federation.   I want to thank our Staff at the National Office, Lisa Tarker, Joseph Skeffington, Barbara Conley Waldmiller, and Dianne Jimmink, for their tireless efforts to implement the work of the Federation.  They work long hours without complaint. 

In the midst of heavy workloads, I want to commend the Board for its faithful work on behalf of the Federation.  I also congratulate the member dioceses of Region 1, and in particular, Lucy Zocco, Board Liaison and Fr. Dave Baranowski, Director of the Hartford Worship Office.  The profit form the National Meeting was over $22,000, two thousand dollars over the projected budget. In addition, the Hartford Worship Office waived its allocated 10% of the meeting profit.  We are grateful for the generosity of the Archdiocese of Hartford.

At the conclusion of the November meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Bishop’s Committee on the Liturgy became the Committee for Divine Worship (BCDW).  At that time, Monsignor Anthony Sherman assumed the role of Executive Director for the Secretariat.  We welcome Tony and we thank him for the continued support of the Federation both by the Secretariat and by the Committee.  We look forward to a very productive relationship as we continue serving the Church in the United States. 

New committees give rise to new structures.  The Executive Director and the Board Chair of FDLC will now serve as consultants rather than advisors to the Committee on Divine Worship. [According to the USCCB Bylaws, committees may have consultants.  There is no provision for advisory personnel.  The USCCB Administrative Committee requested that the BCDW conform to the other committee structures.]  The non-Episcopal consultants will now attend the November meeting of the Committee rather than the June meeting.  Nonetheless, the FDLC Chair and the Executive Director will continue to serve in an ex officio capacity.

The status of the Roman Missal Formation Project remains a concern.  In December, the National Office was notified by both Our Sunday Visitor and the Raskob Foundation that the FDLC grant requests were denied.  The lack of funding presents a significant challenge.  Lisa Tarker continues to pursue information from Monsignor Moroney and from the Leeds Group so that we might move forward with the proposed catechesis.  I would like to commend Lisa, Joan Workmaster, Chair, and the members of the ad hoc Committee for their efforts and their insights as we continue work on this vital project. 

Respectfully submitted,

The Reverend Monsignor John H. Burton
Chair, Board of Directors

 
   
     
 



Thirst © 2006 Rick Beerhorst
 


To renounce Satan is not to reject a mythological being
in whose existence one does not even believe.
It is to reject an entire worldview
made-up of pride and self-affirmation,
of that pride
which has truly taken human life from God
and made it into darkness, death and hell.
And one can be sure
that Satan will not forget
this renunciation, this rejection, this challenge.
A war is declared!
A fight begins whose real issue
is either eternal life or eternal damnation.
For this is what Christianity is about!
This is what our choice ultimately means!


Alexander Schmemann

 

 

 
 

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