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8 January 22, 2019 | The Valley Catholic IN THE CHURCH Bishops Describe Their Retreat as Inspiring, Spirit-Filled By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Although the weeklong retreat for U.S. Catholic isho s em hasi ed uiet re ection, several bishops spoke out on social media during the retreat and after it wrapped up January 8 with positive reaction about it and to give shoutouts to the retreat leader, a uchin a- ther aniero antalamessa, who has reached to o es and to officials of the Roman Curia for nearly 40 years. ne isho said listening to ather Cantalamessa was akin to being in the presence of the early Christian theologians. lear, intensely filled with the oly irit, and all for the ingdom of od, uxiliary isho ichael . oulette of an ntonio said in a tweet. “Let us continue to ray for one another, our church and our world. lessing to e here Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of nchorage, las a, tweeted that the retreat leader was a “true instrument of the ord and that the oly irit was at work during the retreat. isho awrence T. ersico of rie, ennsylvania, descri ed ather Cantalamessa’s talks and homilies as owerful and engaging. He tweeted that he was glad they had time to re ect and ray a out their role as she herds, stressing “We must start there to be able to offer healing. am ta ing this very seriously ut feeling ositive. oston uxiliary isho ar . O’Connell said it was a “truly blessed ex erience to e on retreat with ather antalamessa and fellow . . bishops. “The Holy Spirit was powerfully resent, and was uite moved, he tweeted. He also thanked the pope for giving the bishops this gift. o e rancis suggested the ish- o s hold the retreat and offered the services of the -year-old ather antalamessa, who has served as preacher of the papal household since 1980. The time of prayer Janu- ary 2-8 at Mundelein Seminary at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake near Chicago was planned largely in response to last summer’s revela- tions of allegations of sex a use that reached the highest levels of the U.S. church. In a January 8 column for Angelus ews, the archdiocesan news outlet of os ngeles, rch isho ose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said the bishops’ retreat leader focused “our attention on the vocation and respon- sibility of bishops in this moment in U.S. bishops listen to the homily at Mass Jan. 3 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception during their Jan. 2-8 retreat at Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Illinois, near Chicago. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) the church. “We are praying together as a visible sign of our unity as bishops and our communion with the Holy ather. There is a collegial s irit here and a firm commitment to address the causes of the abuse crisis we face and continue the work of renewing the church, he added. The arch isho said ather an- talamessa asked them to “trust more in the Holy Spirit. We need to have confidence that we are always living in od’s loving resence. The theme of the U.S. bishops’ re- treat was “the mission of the apostles and of their successors drawing from ar , which says esus a - pointed 12 -- whom he also named apostles -- that they might be with him and he might send them forth to reach. In a January 9 column for the hicago atholic, the archdiocesan news a er, hicago ardinal lase J. Cupich said the pope’s intention for the retreat went beyond “this par- ticular moment or challenge facing us isho s. “We are not leaving this retreat with all the answers to the important questions facing the church in these days, he wrote, ut he said the ish- ops now have a renewed sense of the importance of taking their cues from “Christ’s spirit rather than our own efforts. nother lessing from the wee , he said, was eing drawn closer to each other and to the pope. “I have no doubt that just as the early church relied on Peter’s unique ministry to meet the challenges of the day, so we will draw strength and insight from our unity with his successor, he said. 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(CNS photo/Vatican Media) ean bishops’ conference and head of the military ordinariate; Archbishop Rene Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas of La erena, vice resident of the isho s’ conference and isho uan gnacio on ale rra uri of an ernardo. According to a statement released by the hilean isho s’ conference, the purpose of the meeting was to share with the pope “the evolution of the situation of the church in Chile from his visit to the resent day, as well as the ers ectives for the future.