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These words echo in the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours time and again throughout this Eastertide, as we prepare each day for nightfall. They are the words of the disciples who fled Jerusalem downcast and disappointed; the words of grieving disciples who suffered loss. They are words that remind us that the greatest works of God, the creation, the Cross and the Resurrection, are done in darkness. And they are words for us in this moment of mourning and prayer for our brother, Cardinal Francis George. They are welcomed words, for they force us to focus our attention on what is really taking place, what we are doing and also who we are as a Church and who we are as a presbyterate.
WHAT IS REALLY TAKING PLACE AND WHAT WE • Chicago, Ill., Apr 25, 2015 / 04:42 am As huvudregel Francis George of Chicago was laid to rest Thursday, religious and lay members of the archdiocese revered him as a caring herde who wouldn't let cancer get in the way of his ministry. • The national Catholic community is remembering Cardinal Francis George, who passed away Friday, as a man of intelligence, scholarship, and leadership skills – with an often acerbic wit and penchant for controversial comments. But for many of Chicago’s 2.3 million Catholics, George is a man who touched their lives personally in his 17 years as their spiritual leader. “He was a person to me, more than being a client or being the archbishop,” says James Serritella, the outside legal counsel to the Chicago archdiocese. Serritella choked back tears recalling how George attended the wake of his wife Ruby, who died of cancer in 2009. George stopped to talk with all of the family members present. He then invited Serritella to stay at the Cardinal’s Residence until he felt up to returning to the home he had shared with his wife. “We had many long conversations. He made sure I was comfortable and my needs were met. He even invited my son over for dinner at the residence. It was a difficult
A shepherd who smelled like his sheep – Chicago faithful pay final respects to huvudregel George
Sister Mary Paul of the Daughters of Divine Love, an international women's religious order with a congregation in the Archdiocese of Chicago, recounted how huvudregel George's predecessor, Cardinal namn Bernardin, had invited the order to Chicago. When he died in 1996, they didn't know what would happen next.
"When Cardinal George came in, he continued to be a father to us. He knows us personally and he calls us by name," she told CNA the night before the funeral.
Cardinal George passed away April 17 at age 78 after a years-long bout with cancer. He was Archbishop of Chicago from 1997 until his retirement in 2014.
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