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Selected Works of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin: Homilies and Teaching Documents
Provides in two volumes the "essential" Bernardin for those interested in the faith, ecclesial vision, and pastoral insights of this great church leader.
- GenresReligion
656 pages, Hardcover
Published August 1, 2000
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Joseph Bernardin
22 books3 followersJoseph Louis Bernardin (originally Bernardini) (April 2, 1928 – November 14, 1996) was an American Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as Archbishop of Chicago from 1982 until his death in 1996.
Bernardin's original academic ambition was to become a physician, inspiring him to enroll in the pre-medical program at the University of South Carolina. However, a year later, Bernardin recognized his calling to serve as a Catholic priest, and transferred to Saint Mary Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1948, and subsequently enrolled in the Catholic University of America to complete his theological studies. On April 26, 1952, Bernardin was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Charleston by John J. Russell at St. Joseph Church.
In the Consistory of February 2, 1983, he was elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II as Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divino Lavoratore (Jesus the Divine Worker) as his titular church.
* bio excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_B...
Bernardin's original academic ambition was to become a physician, inspiring him to enroll in the pre-medical program at the University of South Carolina. However, a year later, Bernardin recognized his calling to serve as a Catholic priest, and transferred to Saint Mary Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1948, and subsequently enrolled in the Catholic University of America to complete his theological studies. On April 26, 1952, Bernardin was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Charleston by John J. Russell at St. Joseph Church.
In the Consistory of February 2, 1983, he was elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II as Cardinal-Priest of Gesù Divino Lavoratore (Jesus the Divine Worker) as his titular church.
* bio excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_B...
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August 23, 2017
Really shouldn't mark this as read -- it's not a book you read once, but use as a reference forever. Bernardin was one of the really great humane Christian thinkers. He gives one a sense of inclusion, of peace, of faith.
Explains in one letter many of the changes after Vatican II in 1963 that revolutionized the Catholic liturgy -- very helpful in understanding the changes from prior years.
Really really agree with his opinion to maintain health care as non-profit -- even though this has fallen by the wayside with the current money grabbing companies and administrators, drug companies and insurance companies interfering with and destroying the American health care system. Non-profit and universal -- the two basis necessary tenets of a good societal health care system.
Explains in one letter many of the changes after Vatican II in 1963 that revolutionized the Catholic liturgy -- very helpful in understanding the changes from prior years.
Really really agree with his opinion to maintain health care as non-profit -- even though this has fallen by the wayside with the current money grabbing companies and administrators, drug companies and insurance companies interfering with and destroying the American health care system. Non-profit and universal -- the two basis necessary tenets of a good societal health care system.
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