In a spirit of solemn remembrance, Rockhurst University invites you to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day - Yom HaShoah.   Seeking to honor the memories of all those who suffered, those who were killed by the Nazis, including 152 Jesuits, and those who survived the Holocaust, our day of remembrance will take place on Wednesday, April 17 with the following events:

Reading of Names, 8:30am - 2:00pm, Pergola, near the university bell tower:  

Prayer Service, 2:30pm - 3:00pm, Greenlease Art Gallery Atrium:

We are in need of name readers: please contact Bill Kriege in Campus Ministry if you can take a 10-minute block.  

On April 2, Kansas Citians will be given the opportunity to vote on Question 3, which would stop KC from offering future incentives for companies and the U.S. government to make parts for nuclear weapons.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and humanity, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation.  A danger of modern warfare is that it provides the opportunity to those who possess modern scientific weapons - especially atomic, biological, or chemical weapons - to use them" (CCC #2314; cf. also Gaudium et Spes #80).  Since the use of such weapons is morally questionable, it follows that the production of such weapons is also morally questionable.

Excerpt from a Statement from the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City/St. Joseph, Sept. 8, 2010 

Read more of the statement here. 

This Week's Question:  What is a solemnity? And how many solemnities are in the Easter season? 

It is only right, with all the powers of our heart and mind, to praise You Father and Your Only-Begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Dear Father, by Your wondrous condescension of Loving-Kindness toward us, Your servants, You gave up Your Son.

Dear Jesus You paid the debt of Adam for us to the Eternal Father by Your Blood poured forth in Loving-Kindness.

You cleared away the darkness of sin by Your magnificent and radiant Resurrection.

You broke the bonds of death and rose from the grave as a Conqueror.

You reconciled Heaven and earth. Our life had no hope of Eternal Happiness before You redeemed us.

Your Resurrection has washed away our sins, restored our innocence and brought us joy.

How inestimable is the tenderness of Your Love!

We pray You, Lord, to preserve Your servants in the peaceful enjoyment of this Easter happiness.

We ask this through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Who lives and reigns with God The Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever.

Amen.

-Saint Gregory Easter Prayer