Healing and reconciliation
The fourth annual Mass of Reparation for Victims and Survivors of Abuse was celebrated at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Fort Worth on April 6. (NTC/Ben Torres)
FORT WORTH — Bishop Michael Olson celebrated the Mass of Reparation for Victims and Survivors of Abuse on April 6 at St. Patrick Cathedral in Fort Worth.
About 100 parishioners, including many safe environment facilitators, attended in person, and more than 300 watched the livestream.
“We are here today to pray for God’s Grace for our own conversion and to make reparation for the sins of the Church’s leaders, ministers, and members who have too easily embraced the stances of disbelief and coercion to silence in the face of those who speak the truth in Christ about the truth of sexual abuse perpetrated in the past by the Church’s leaders, ministers, and members against them and their families,” said the bishop in his homily.
This was the fourth annual Mass of Reparation, which is sponsored by the Office of Safe Environment. The diocesan department seeks to protect children and vulnerable adults and to provide healing and reconciliation to those affected by abuse.