ARCHBISHOP NAUMANN’S CALENDAR

Feb. 3

Bishops advisory group - Eucharistic Revival

Feb. 4

Regional Convocation Mass — St. Gregory the Great, Marysville

Mass — Sts. Peter and Paul, Seneca

Feb. 5 Visit St. John XXIII Seminary — Boston

Feb. 7

Wallbreaking — Villa St. Francis, Olathe

Feb. 8

Jesus Caritas — Salina

Feb. 10

Kansas Catholic College Student Convention

Mass — St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center

Feb. 11

White Mass — Our Lady of Good Counsel, Kansas City, Missouri

Vespers and dinner with the Community of the Lamb, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin and Bishop James Johnston — Lumen Christi, Kansas City, Kansas

Feb. 12

World Marriage Day Mass — Prince of Peace, Olathe protect children from experiencing difficulty, or even tragedy, in their lives. However, if they form an authentic relationship with Jesus, then no matter what happens to them, they will have access to the greatest source of strength, peace and joy. By keeping the faith, they will have confidence that Our Lord will draw forth good from life’s adversities.

Our Lord will use our adversities — and even suffering — as a means to draw us closer to him. Jesus can give us peace even in the midst of life’s storms. Our Lord can help us find meaning and purpose while we are experiencing adversity. Jesus can give us the capacity for joy even at times of sorrow and loss.

This Tuesday, Feb. 7, my mother would have been 100 years old! She was certainly my most influential and effective teacher of the faith. Whatever good I have accomplished in my ministry as priest and bishop is the fruit of her influence and example.

However, what is even more beautiful are the many other lives that she impacted and inspired as a Catholic school teacher.