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Welcome back to the Auspice Maria podcast. I’m Bishop James Ruggieri of the Diocese of Portland in Maine. Today we take up a difficult but urgent topic: pornography and the erosion of human dignity. But before, I just want to invoke the Holy Spirit to guide this podcast and also to touch the hearts of listeners.

Welcome back to the Auspice Maria podcast. This week our episode is entitled, Go and Make Disciples, Sending Forth. Before beginning, I always want to invoke the Holy Spirit, Spouse of Mary, just to intercede for us and open our hearts and give us all that we need to benefit from this podcast, but also to inspire the presentation so that, again, the Spirit's work may be done through it.

In this series, we have been reflecting on the mission of the Church: to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, to help lead people into communion with Christ, and to build the kingdom of God here and now in the Spirit. Also, practically trying to apply this mission to our own faith lives, how we live our faith in the world today, how we bring Christ into every corner of life, and how we proclaim the gospel with our words and our lives.

Welcome back to the Auspice Maria podcast. I'm Bishop James Ruggieri of the Diocese of Portland in Maine, and I'm grateful that you're joining me today for this episode entitled The Parish as a Center for Mission.