USCCB Religious Liberty Chairman Announces Religious Freedom Week from
June 22-29, 2019
May 30,
2019
WASHINGTON— The chairman of the USCCB’s
Committee for Religious Liberty, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville,
encourages Catholics to pray and act in support of religious liberty at home
and abroad during Religious Freedom Week 2019 which begins on
June 22, the Feast of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher, and ends on June 29,
the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. The theme
for this year, Strength in Hope, is taken from the Second
Vatican Council’s Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity: “Among the trials of this life they find strength in
hope, convinced that ‘the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory to come that will be revealed in us’ (Rom. 8:18)” (Apostolicam
actuositatem, 4).
Archbishop Kurtz stated: “Catholics face challenges both in our current
political climate of polarization and within the Church. Christian child
welfare institutions and Catholics in public life are encountering significant
obstacles to their work, while our brothers and sisters in places like Nigeria
suffer violent persecution. We want to build solidarity and to encourage
Catholics to persist in the struggle to advance the kingdom of God by finding
hope in Jesus Christ.”
Resources for Religious Freedom Week and other religious liberty resources can
be found at www.usccb.org/ReligiousFreedomWeek and www.usccb.org/freedom.
Video can be found at bit.ly/RFW2019Vid.
Social media posts will use the hashtag #StrengthInHope.
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