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9 Things to Know About the Vulgate
By Andrew Winter
1.Commissioned by Pope Damasus I in the late 4th century, the Vulgate is the definitive Latin translation of the Bible. It was made by St. Jerome – whose feast day is Sept. 30 – and for the most part, translated from the original Hebrew and Greek texts of the Old and New Testaments.
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Experiencing the True, Beautiful and Good in our parish liturgies
Guest column
By Sister Mary Cecilia, C.K. Chair, Liturgical Commission for the Diocese of LincolnWhat was in the mind of the Fathers of Vatican II when they were discussing Sacrosanctum Concilium 43: “Zeal for the promotion and restoration of the sacred liturgy is rightly held to be a sign of the providential dispositions of God in our time, and as a movement of the Holy Spirit”? What was in the mind of those who formulated the Diocesan Pastoral Plan when they wrote in the section on Healthy Parishes: “Healthy, thriving, engaging, and relational are ways to describe the kind of parish we would all like to belong to”?
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From the winepress comes the wine; from the Cross comes our salvation
Voices of the Diocese2026-09-25 14:43:46
By Fr. Brian Wirth, Director of Catholic Rural LifeAs I write this column, we celebrate the Fall Ember Days.
Ember Days are three days of fasting and abstinence observed four times a year—i.e., the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday in view of the four seasons. Ember Days occur on the weekdays after the Exaltation of the Cross (Sept. 14 ); the feast of St. Lucy (Dec. 13); Ash Wednesday; and Pentecost.
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