Bishop Hartmayer’s homily for the Diaconate Ordination 2018

My dear brothers and sisters, today, the Diocese of Savannah is blessed to have 13 candidates presenting themselves to be ordained to the Order of Deacon.

SAVANNAH and GARDEN CITY-- Over the course of nine days, more than 9000 patients received free medical, dental, ophthalmological and/or veterinary care as part of Operation Empower Health —Greater Savannah.

SAVANNAH--At the invitation of its pastor, Sacred Heart Church invited  The Vigil Project to Savannah to lead the parish’s Pentecost retreat May 17-18. (Above, The Vigil Project performs at Sacred Heart.)

He had what might be called the “misfortune” of following one dynamic, colorful Savannah prelate (Bishop Benjamin J. Keiley) and of preceding yet another equally memorable one, Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara. A lesser man might have felt challenged.

In Dallas, a speaker at a Catholic ministry conference asks the assembled crowd how many people attend parishes with Mass in more than one language.

CHILDREN'S STORY

One day, as Jesus was getting ready to go on a journey, a man rushed up to him and knelt down.

“Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” he wanted to know.