New Bishop...
Although most of you won't recognize this name, some of you from the great state of Kansas might. Also, I have it from friends of this person that he was voted "most likely to first make Bishop" in his seminary.
October 21, 2004
Dear IHP Friends,I am pleased to inform you that at Noon today (Rome time) in a press release from the "Sala Stampa" (Vatican Press Office), it was announced that His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, has appointed Father Paul S. Coakley, the new Bishop of Salina (Kansas). Bishop Elect Coakley earnestly requests your prayers as he assumes the duties of the office of bishop. His episcopal consecration will take place on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 (Feast of the Holy Innocents) in Salina, Kansas. Bishop Elect Coakley selected this date to remind us to pray for an end to abortion and to pray for the triumph of the Gospel of Life.
In Christ and Mary, Msgr. James D. Conley
Note: IHP is a the Integrated Humanities Program that my husband and many others participated in at the University of Kansas. Dr. Senior, Dr. Nellick, and Dr. Quinn taught the program. It was right in the midst of the Vietnam war era and many of the students were not Catholic. As it turned out though, many became Catholic (including my husband) because of their studies in this program. Bishop Elect Coakley, Msg. Conley and Father Jackson were just a few who went on to the seminary.
Msg. is in the Congregation of the Bishops in Rome and is one of our guided tour people when we travel there. He knows all the hot spots in Rome, including the best places to eat. He also took us to the University of Dallas campus in Italy. Beautiful place and they grow their own grapes for wine. He also took us to Castel Gondolfo for a wonderful meal and a chance to see the Holy Father's summer home. We pray constantly that Msg. will also become a Bishop. He is a wonderful man, very holy and loyal to the Church.
October 21, 2004
Dear IHP Friends,I am pleased to inform you that at Noon today (Rome time) in a press release from the "Sala Stampa" (Vatican Press Office), it was announced that His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, has appointed Father Paul S. Coakley, the new Bishop of Salina (Kansas). Bishop Elect Coakley earnestly requests your prayers as he assumes the duties of the office of bishop. His episcopal consecration will take place on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 (Feast of the Holy Innocents) in Salina, Kansas. Bishop Elect Coakley selected this date to remind us to pray for an end to abortion and to pray for the triumph of the Gospel of Life.
In Christ and Mary, Msgr. James D. Conley
Note: IHP is a the Integrated Humanities Program that my husband and many others participated in at the University of Kansas. Dr. Senior, Dr. Nellick, and Dr. Quinn taught the program. It was right in the midst of the Vietnam war era and many of the students were not Catholic. As it turned out though, many became Catholic (including my husband) because of their studies in this program. Bishop Elect Coakley, Msg. Conley and Father Jackson were just a few who went on to the seminary.
Msg. is in the Congregation of the Bishops in Rome and is one of our guided tour people when we travel there. He knows all the hot spots in Rome, including the best places to eat. He also took us to the University of Dallas campus in Italy. Beautiful place and they grow their own grapes for wine. He also took us to Castel Gondolfo for a wonderful meal and a chance to see the Holy Father's summer home. We pray constantly that Msg. will also become a Bishop. He is a wonderful man, very holy and loyal to the Church.
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