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Marriage and Family Life Focus on Pastoral Care of Families, Plan to Strengthen Marriage … See pages 4, 6 See Survey for Synod of Bishops, P10
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Bishop O’Connell’s State of the Diocese report… P2 Important news for birth parents who placed a child for adoption… P9 Save the Date… S2-S3 Diocese by the Numbers… P18 Annual Financial Report… P20