The Dialog

By Bishop W. Francis Malooly

July 20, 2012

My Dear People:

In February of this year I initiated a process whereby I hoped that all of us together — bishop, priests, deacons, religious, and laity — would chart a path forward for our diocesan church for the next three to five years. I called the process “Consultation.”

For two years, a primary focus of the Diocese had been, by necessity, settling the bankruptcy. As I made clear when the Diocese filed for Chapter 11, I believed that doing so provided the fairest possible way to provide compensation to survivors of the crimes of childhood sexual abuse by our priests, given the number of suits filed against the Diocese and parishes, and given the Diocese’s finite resources.

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By Joseph Ryan

Dialog Editor

The April 18 consultation meeting at Holy Family Church in Newark for people representing the nine parishes of the Iron Hill Deanery was an affirmation for the future of the Diocese of Wilmington right from the start.

That’s because the more than 60 Catholics at the session had already attended parish-level consultations on issues for the diocese to address during the next five years. Their arrival at Holy Family on a drizzly Wednesday night underlined their commitment to help build a future for the diocese by sharing their parish discussions with other Catholics from the area.

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By Joseph Ryan

Dialog editor

Bishop Malooly has announced a consultation process in which clergy, parishioners and directors of diocesan ministries   of the Diocese of Wilmington will develop diocesan mission and ministry priorities for the next five years.

The four-month process started on Feb. 16 and 17, when priests of the diocese convened in Cambridge, Md., to discuss major concerns and needs in the diocese and make recommendations the future.

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