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“I invite all the Heads of Churches and the leaders of all the Christian Communities, together with all the Christians of the various Confessions, to invoke the Most High, Almighty God, reciting contemporaneously the prayer that Jesus Our Lord taught us. I invite all, therefore, to do so several times a day, but, all together, to recite the Our Father today, March 25, at midday – all together.” I am suggesting that we pray the prayer at noon, local time, but the prayer also can be said at noon Rome time, or at any other time of the day.”

Please note: Due to potential exposure of an employee at the Pastoral Center, the Diocese of Tucson and St. Augustine Cathedral Parish offices are closed until April 1. While our offices are closed, Pastoral Center employees are checking email messages and voice mail hourly. When you call a Pastoral Center employee, please leave a message with your phone number so your call can be returned. For the general delivery message box, dial 0.

An Act of Charity Follow diocesan Liturgical Protocols and common sense to help prevent spreading illnesses Last Thursday, I published our diocesan protocols to help prevent the spread of illnesses in our diocese. My hope is that by now you have read our protocols or have had the protocols read to you. As you may also know, many dioceses and archdioceses nationwide, and churches and governments in other countries have put similar guidelines into practice.

The following is a blog from Franciscan Media, posted by Diane M. Houdek , who is the Director of Content for the organization. Reprinted with permission of Franciscan Media. www.FranciscanMedia.org. All rights reserved. We might think that the hope of Lent has to do with our hope that we will get through it, that we will come to the end of it. We see Lent as an obstacle course