Sentence examples for pastoral service from inspiring English sources

Today, he is providing a more pastoral service, by making sure this year's plum harvest gets off on the right note.

As the church approaches a crucial synod at which thorny issues to do with the family are expected to be tackled – such as the status of remarried divorcees in the church – Francis said he hoped the two new saints would intercede with God "so that … [the church] may be open to the Holy Spirit in pastoral service to the family".

As the 1.2 billion-strong church nears a crucial synod on the family, at which it is expected to tackle thorny issues such as the status of remarried divorcees, Francis said he hoped the new saints would intercede with God to help the church "be open to the Holy Spirit in pastoral service to the family".

"And all of these things together with years of pastoral service of the poor make a remarkable combination and add to that tinge of excitement that we all feel". He added the Pope would bring a "fresh agenda" to the Catholic Church at the same time as reminding its followers to "base our lives firmly on a relationship with Christ".

According to Francis, this is a disease that "often strikes those who abandon pastoral service and restrict themselves to bureaucratic matters, thus losing contact with reality, with concrete people".

It was standing-room-only at the Glenoaks Boulevard diocesan headquarters as event co-chairs Joseph Kanimian and Harout Yaghsezian welcomed guests to join them in celebrating the primate's three decades of pastoral service.

Russell Group universities invest heavily in pastoral services so students have access to the support they need.

Heads care about every child:what they cannot do is afford to provide pastoral services for all of them.

She added: "Our members invest heavily in pastoral services so students are able to access the support they need.

Ryan defended his original decision and continued to question whether Conroy was delivering sufficient "pastoral services" to the entire House.

Due to the strain on the pastoral services, I had to wait six weeks for my first appointment and could be offered only two sessions.