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We welcome you to this webpage where you will find links to more information for your spiritual journey. Click on the underlined links below to gain more information about:
- the 128 parishes in the Diocese of Toledo including the city and the website or e-mail address;
- our Catholic schools and how we approach Catholic education in the Diocese of Toledo as well as how Catholic identity is promoted in our schools;
- concerns such as marriage and family life, adoption, a Catholic approach to health care reform, Catholic Social Teaching, housing and emergency support are listed under the services of Catholic Charities
- the video from The Spirit of Jesus Alive Today: Pentecost in Our Time program featuring four people from parishes in the Diocese who tell their stories of finding or re-finding the Catholic faith, as well as comments by Bishop Leonard P. Blair.
- the Catholic church from other sources. Whether you are returning or just investigating you might find help at www.catholicscomehome.org, www.bustedhalo.com, www.usccb.org, www.oncecatholic.org, www.vatican.va. www.pncea.org.
As the logo above indicates, the Catholic Church is fully a part of the neighborhood. It brings the Word of Life, who is Jesus Christ, to it. The Holy Spirit, represented by the dove/hand, moves among us and holds our hearts which are filled with “the joys and hopes, the grief and anguish” of our time. As the Spirit of Jesus is alive in us today, so are we alive in a new way to the world around us.
By virtue of our baptism, we Catholics believe we are sent to our families, our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our towns and rural areas, our nation, to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ and the promise that His Holy Spirit is with us always.
During the celebration of 100 years since its founding, the Catholics of the Diocese of Toledo will look not only to the past in order to celebrate the many graces and blessings God has given us, but also to the future — a future full of hope. As Pope John Paul II urged us in his apostolic letter at the close of the Jubilee year 2000, “We now need to profit from the grace received, by putting it into practice in resolutions and guidelines for action.” He goes on to say, “It is in the local churches that the specific features of a detailed pastoral plan can be identified…which will enable the proclamation of Christ to reach people, mold communities, and have a deep and incisive influence in bringing Gospel values to bear in society and culture.” (from “At the Beginning of a New Millennium”)
May your search for a church home be blessed and fruitful!
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