Before the Cross | Consecrated life requires total surrender to Christ's call

Before the Cross - Archbishop Robert J. Carlson's Column

Submitted on September 29, 2010
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Archbishop Robert J. Carlson
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson got some help selecting bandannas for his dogs from Cardinal Ritter College Prep freshman Bryant Bell Sept. 25 at the Making It booth in the Clayton Farmer’s Market. Bryant and fellow Ritter freshman Candice Murdock, behind Bryant, became involved in the Making It project, baking and selling gourmet dog biscuits, while students at Central Catholic High School in North St. Louis. The program will soon move to Holy Trinity School in the Baden neighborhood. The booth also features Angel Baked Cookies, made by neighborhood teens at Sts. Teresa Bridget Parish. Jenu McLucas, a Holy Trinity fifth-grader, stood next to the archbishop.
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson got some help selecting bandannas for his dogs from Cardinal Ritter College Prep freshman Bryant Bell Sept. 25 at the Making It booth in the Clayton Farmer’s Market. Bryant and fellow Ritter freshman Candice Murdock, behind Bryant, became involved in the Making It project, baking and selling gourmet dog biscuits, while students at Central Catholic High School in North St. Louis. The program will soon move to Holy Trinity School in the Baden neighborhood. The booth also features Angel Baked Cookies, made by neighborhood teens at Sts. Teresa Bridget Parish. Jenu McLucas, a Holy Trinity fifth-grader, stood next to the archbishop.
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Archbishop Robert J. Carlson
St. Clare of Assisi ran away from home at age 19 to follow Christ through a way of life that involved a total surrender of everything she knew. Like her friend and mentor, St. Francis, she embraced the Gospel counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience — with a special commitment to poverty as a way of achieving total detachment from material things and from the status and security that a life of wealth and comfort promises but never completely delivers.

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