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Persevering in Faithfulness to Christ’s Church During Ecclesial Uncertainty, by Paul Senz – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Persevering in Faithfulness to Christ’s Church During Ecclesial Uncertainty, by Paul Senz

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By Paul Senz, Catholic World Report, February 16, 2025

Paul Senz has an undergraduate degree from the University of Portland in music and theology and earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from the same university. He has contributed to Catholic World Report, Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly, The Priest Magazine, National Catholic Register, Catholic Herald, and other outlets. Paul lives in Elk City, OK, with his wife and their four children.

“The history of the Church is in part a history of the choice for a heroic life of self-offering,” says Fr. Donald Haggerty, author of The Hour of Testing. “It is possible that our own twenty-first century will find itself confronting this challenge in a unique manner.”

The Church, throughout her long history, has faced many terrible trials, united her in a deep and real way with the sufferings of Jesus. How can we be the saints the Church needs today, during this particular hour of testing?

A new book by Father Donald Haggerty gives a prescription for how to handle such challenging times. The Hour of Testing: Spiritual Depth and Insight in a Time of Ecclesial Uncertainty (Ignatius Press, 2025) brings Father Haggerty’s decades of experience and deep insights to bear on questions of concern for the Church. He explores the sufferings faced by the Church, and explains how our modern saints must embrace that suffering, accepting it with love the way Our Lord embraced his own cross. Are we currently in the Church’s ultimate “hour of testing”, or is that yet to come? We cannot say for sure, of course, but we can prayerfully prepare, offering ourselves and our lives for the good of the Church and the world. …

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Persevering in Faithfulness to Christ’s Church During Ecclesial Uncertainty, by Paul Senz

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By Paul Senz, Catholic World Report, February 16, 2025

“The history of the Church is in part a history of the choice for a heroic life of self-offering,” says Fr. Donald Haggerty, author of The Hour of Testing. “It is possible that our own twenty-first century will find itself confronting this challenge in a unique manner.”

The Church, throughout her long history, has faced many terrible trials, united her in a deep and real way with the sufferings of Jesus. How can we be the saints the Church needs today, during this particular hour of testing?

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