Springfield Diocese Bishop William Byrne. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Published: 4/1/2021 11:56:04 AM
This Easter column was in the works when a love song played in my head. It served to remind me of God’s omnipresence:
“It’s Always You” Funny, it’s not a star I see, it’s always you.
If a breeze caresses me, it’s really you strolling by
If I hear a melody, it’s merely the way you sigh
Wherever you are you’re near me, you dare me to be untrue
Funny, each time I fall in love, It’s always you.
One year ago, most Christians missed Easter Sunday. Palm Sunday, one week before, begins Holy Week when the faithful slow down, take stock, recall and relive Christ’s passion. Believers will question their lives in faint hopes of justifying His sacrifice. This faith of ours, given at birth, or chosen, tells us that God created the world and everything in it.
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Holy Week services return to churches closed last Easter by COVID
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
St. Michael s Parish in East Longmeadow will offer Holy Week services on site that will also be live streamed. (Photo by Anne-Gerard Flynn, Special to The Republican)
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Last April, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield marked Easter morning with the ringing of steeple bells as Masses were suspended and churches closed mid-way through Lent by the diocese in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Practicing Catholics in the four counties of Western Massachusetts that the diocese covers were advised at the time that Bishop Mitchell Rozanski would celebrate the televised “Chalice of Salvation” Mass Easter Sunday on WWLP Channel 22.
Former Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, pictured, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield is one of several people named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by the man whose sexual assault allegations against the late Bishop Christopher J. Weldon were found to be âunequivocally credibleâ by an independent judge. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
The former altar boy who accused a legendary bishop of rape â an account deemed âunequivocally credibleâ by a retired judge last summer â wants to be compensated for his suffering, citing inaction and connivance by church officials that, he says, exacerbated his pain.
In a lawsuit filed in Hampden Superior Court, the Chicopee man alleges that current and former officials within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, including former Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, engaged in a cover-up to protect the reputation of the late Bishop Christopher J. Weldon.
Springfield Diocese plans continued reforms in handling of clergy sexual abuse claims
Updated Jan 03, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
Daniel Ford, left, a retired superior court judge, is chairman of the 10-member Task Force on the Response to Sexual Abuse within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield. On his right in this Dec., 14, 2020 photo is Jeffrey Trant, director of the diocese s Office of Safe Environment and Victim Assistance. (Don Treeger | The Republican)
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield will move forward in 2021 with a new bishop at the helm and building on reforms implemented under former Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski to better address how it handles allegations of clergy sexual abuse.
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