Cardinal Tagle Encourages Faithful To Adopt Archbishop Sheen’s Virtues as Beatification Nears
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said the beatification carries a heavy responsibility for Peoria Catholics as he venerated Sheen’s relics before the ceremony.
- On Tuesday, September 22, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Illinois, where Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is entombed, two days before Sheen's beatification in St. Louis.
- Serving as Pope Leo XIV's papal delegate, Cardinal Tagle will preside over the beatification in St. Louis, located about 170 miles southwest of Peoria, honoring Archbishop Sheen, ordained in the Diocese of Peoria in 1919.
- Cardinal Tagle emphasized a "heart that listens" during his homily, referencing Proverbs 21:1-6 to remind the faithful that "to do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice."
- Addressing Peoria Catholics, Cardinal Tagle urged them to be "missionary-oriented" like the Blessed Fulton Sheen, telling them to answer, "Yes, I am from Peoria, and this is a blessing from the Lord."
- Following the Mass, Cardinal Tagle attended a Holy Hour, the penultimate service in a nine-day series leading up to today's beatification, and noted he would report the Peoria congregation's presence to Pope Leo XIV.
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Cardinal Tagle encourages faithful to adopt Archbishop Sheen's virtues as beatification nears
The grace of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen comes with corresponding responsibility for Catholics in his home diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told Catholics there during Mass Sept. 22.
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Our Sunday VisitorCardinal Tagle Encourages Faithful To Adopt Archbishop Sheen’s Virtues as Beatification Nears
The grace of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen comes with corresponding responsibility for Catholics in his home diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told Catholics there during Mass Sept. 22.
The grace of the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen carries with it a responsibility for the Catholics of his native diocese of Peoria, Illinois, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told the Catholics there during the Mass of September 22.
The cardinal encouraged the congregation to follow the example of Mary and Archbishop Sheen in obedience to God.
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