Catholic Review Online: Hopefully, A Meeting of Minds

Each week, H.E. Archbishop O'Brien posts a column called "Thoughts on Our Church" in the Catholic Review. The column always deals with a variety of topical subjects and is posted as a link from this blog when possible (electrical storms notwithstanding!). This week, in a column dated June 10th, His Excellency discusses with us"apostolic movements":

A celebrated and most valuable outgrowth of the Second Vatican Council has been the rise in the number of “apostolic movements” that have sprung up in the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Each centered in a unique spirituality, these movements nourish strongly committed laity with the teachings and sacraments of the Church, thus enabling them to carry out their vocation “to seek the kingdom of God by engaging in tempered affairs and directing them according to God’s will” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 898). Cursillo, Marriage Encounter, Communion and Liberation, Opus Dei and Focolare are several of the many worldwide movements within the Church that continue to attract and enrich the spiritual lives of millions of Catholic faithful.

As always, his column is filled with keen insight as he speaks as our Archbishop, our shepherd and a successor of the Apostles.

The weekly column can be found here. We wish him well at the USCCB meeting in Florida!