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A lot of people know that I’m an avid Steelers fan, but on occasion someone will ask me if I also cheer for the baseball team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. There’s always an awkward pause before I answer that question.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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4/13/12
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The joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the people of our time,
especially of those who are poor or afflicted, are the joys and hopes,
the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well. Nothing that
is genuinely human fails to find an echo in their hearts. (GS #1)
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1/22/09
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**Wow . . . for those of us deeply involved in the life and ministry of the Church, the last few weeks have been truly memorable, unprecedented really.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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3/25/13
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A few random thoughts before we take a little break for summer.
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6/24/15
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If you close your eyes and listen carefully, you can hear the sound of doors being closed all over the world. Not in a violent way, as if they’re being slammed shut, but in a quiet, thoughtful and …
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11/17/16
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Since the beginning of the year, we’ve had the funerals of several of our retired priests – five to be exact. Really good men, fine priests, who served the Lord Jesus and the Church for many …
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3/2/17
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If I were to nominate the most intense professional sport in Rhode Island, it wouldn’t be baseball, basketball, hockey or football. Without a doubt it’d be politics, and in case you’ve missed it, the new season is underway.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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11/4/09
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So, a man died and went to heaven. He was met at the pearly gates by St. Peter who led him down the golden streets. They passed stately homes and beautiful mansions until they came to the end of the …
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1/25/18
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That’s the question some folks might be asking themselves if they read a recent Catholic News Service article about the spiritual practices of our late Holy Father.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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2/17/10
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If our diocesan Year of Evangelization were a football game, we’d now be starting the fourth and final quarter. Even though the clock is ticking and time is winding down, however, remember that many a game is won or lost in those final moments.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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11/22/10
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So, you just learned that your pastor is being transferred. How do you react?
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3/5/15
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. (John F. Kennedy)
This quote from President Kennedy seems appropriate as we think about …
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4/19/18
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Dear Congressman Kennedy: “The fact that I disagree with the hierarchy on some issues does not make me any less of a Catholic.” (Congressman Patrick Kennedy) more
BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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11/9/09
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How can I repay the Lord for all the good he has done for me? I will take up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.
(Ps 116: 12-13)
There are several good reasons why faithful …
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11/12/15
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What an understatement, this prophecy of Pope Paul VI about how his encyclical Humanae Vitae would be received by members of the Church and others.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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7/16/08
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You probably didn’t realize that natives of Pittsburgh speak their own language, usually called “Pittsburghese.” Google the word “Pittsburghese” and you’ll get a wealth of information about this language – well known to residents of Western Pennsylvania but absolutely foreign to outsiders, or in Pittsburghese, “ahtsiders.”
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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6/24/11
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If you’re even the most casual of sports fans, you’ve undoubtedly followed the public scandals that have engulfed two modern day superstars – Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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5/5/10
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The right to own guns is not an absolute right. As a personal right it always has to be balanced with the legitimate rights of other people, and with protecting the common good. That’s a principle that applies to all individual freedoms.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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1/4/13
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“Those who believe that religion and politics aren’t connected don’t understand either.” Those words of Mahatma Gandhi, several decades old, certainly apply to the situation we find ourselves in today as we prepare for our national elections.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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10/29/08
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It’s true, isn’t it, that when you roll out of bed in the morning, you never know what the day will hold for you?
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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2/5/09
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