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Bishop Samuel Aquila asks priests to pray outside abortion facility during the upcoming
40 Days for Life North Dakota campaign
posted Aug. 30, 2010

In an Aug. 27 letter, Bishop Samuel J. Aquila asked the priests of the Diocese of Fargo to schedule at least one hour of prayer outside North Dakota’s only abortion facility during the upcoming 40 Days for Life North Dakota campaign and to encourage parishioners to do the same. The 40-day campaign of prayer, fasting, community outreach and peaceful vigil on the sidewalk outside the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo begins Wednesday, Sept. 22.

Bishop Aquila also announced that he will lead the annual Walk with Christ for Life procession to the abortion facility on Sunday, Sept. 26, and that he has scheduled an Oct. 28 hour of personal prayer outside the facility. Read more here.

Read Bishop Aquila’s letter to priests here.


Bishop Samuel J. Aquila

Supporters of Religious Liberty complete first phase of campaign and will continue push for constitutional amendment
Bismarck, North Dakota (Aug. 4, 2010)

Supporters of a state constitutional amendment to protect religious liberty have collected over 85% of the required number of signatures to place the measure on the North Dakota ballot, according to the North Dakota Catholic Conference, one of the measure’s supporters.

The conference, which represents the Roman Catholic bishops of the state, released a statement calling the response “tremendous” and thanking the thousands of supporters “from all walks of life and faith traditions” who signed the petitions and collected signatures. “We are especially inspired by the large number of young adults who enthusiastically supported the cause” says the statement. 

Read the full text of the statement.

Consultant selected to guide facilities and properties study
June 8, 2010

TeamWorks International Inc., based in Centerville, Minn., has been selected by the Diocese of Fargo as the consulting firm to guide the study of Catholic facilities and properties in the Fargo metro area, including Fargo, West Fargo, Horace and Kindred locations, and provide data and demographics-based research services to this important study.  Read full story here.

Catholic Diocese of Fargo to discontinue seminary program and to review all Fargo, West Fargo, Horace and Kindred parish and school properties

April 8, 2010

 

After consultation with the College of Consultors, the Diocesan Finance Council, the Seminary Finance Council and the Deans of the diocese, Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo, announced today that the diocese will discontinue its college seminary program at Cardinal Muench Seminary, Fargo, at the end of the 2010-2011 academic year (May 2011).  In conjunction with this decision, a review of the seminary properties and all Fargo, West Fargo, Horace and Kindred parish and Catholic school properties will begin this June.  The goal of the review, to be completed within one year, is to ensure better stewardship and more effective and efficient use of Catholic facilities in the growing metro area. Read the full press release here.


Bishop Samuel J. Aquila

Read the letter from Bishop Aquila here.

Read Questions/Answers here.

Listen to Bishop Aquila's April 15 radio interview with Scott Hennen about the seminary and the review of Catholic properties

Diocese to offer Church leadership workshops this year
posted June 4, 2010

The diocesan Finance Office will offer four Church Leadership Workshops this year in various locations throughout the diocese.

The workshops are for anyone in parish leadership roles, including pastors, parochial vicars, parish lay officers, Finance Council members, cemetery lay officers, business managers, bookkeepers, administrators and board members, Foundation Board members, and others involved in the administration of Church business and property. Click here for locations and registration information.

Bishop Aquila addresses commitment to provide pastoral outreach to victims of abuse
This letter to the editor written by Bishop Samuel Aquila was printed in the Dec. 22, 2009 issue of The Forum newspaper, Fargo, N.D.

From time to time, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) issues a press release that is critical of the manner in which the Diocese of Fargo has addressed its response to individuals who allege abuse by clergy decades ago.  Because our public statements in response are sometimes reduced to a one-line quote, I would like to more fully communicate to readers, hopefully for the last time, where I, as the current Bishop of Fargo, stand on the subject of the abuse of children, sexual misconduct of any kind, and the Church’s pastoral outreach.

No form of child abuse or sexual misconduct of any kind is now nor ever was considered acceptable within the Church. I and my staff are committed to this truth. Read full letter here.


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