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Bishop Peter Libasci, to be the new Bishop of Manchester New Hampshire
“Today the Holy See announced that our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has appointed the auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Bishop Peter Libasci, to be the new Bishop of Manchester New Hampshire. While I will greatly miss his wise counsel and tireless apostolic spirit as Vicar of the Eastern Region of our Diocese, I rejoice that the Holy Father has chosen one of the priests of this Diocese to lead the Diocese of Manchester which I know well and whose current bishop is a long time friend with whom I shared Episcopal ordination on December 27, 1995." Bishop William Murphy
“I am grateful to Almighty God who has brought me into being, to my parents who gave me life and to my family, friends and my Holy Catholic Church – all of who have sustained me to this very hour,” said Bishop-designate Libasci. “These include Bishop William Murphy, my diocesan bishop in Rockville Centre, my brother priests and deacons and all the lay faithful I was privileged to serve as priest and bishop in that Diocese since my priestly ordination in 1978.”
- Most Reverend Peter Anthony Libasci in Diocesan Press Statement
About Most Reverend Peter Anthony Libasci
Biography for Most Reverend Peter Anthony Libasci
 His Motto: Arise and Walk
In heraldry, a motto has been both a personal philosophy of life as well as a family dictum, and sometimes even a cry for battle. But in Church heraldry, a cleric’s personal motto has always been intended to represent his personal spirituality and theologically based philosophy of life and is most frequently grounded in Sacred Scripture or in a prominent prayer or litany.
In the original monsignorial coat of arms design of Peter A. Libasci the choice for a motto was scripturally based. The monsignorial design likewise further honored the (then) monsignor’s maternal ancestry as it was translated into the Slovak language. The words “I have neither silver nor gold but what I have I give you. Arise and Walk” can be found in the Acts of the Apostles (3:1-10): ”Now Peter and John went up into the temple at the ninth hour of prayer. And a certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was carried: whom they laid everyday at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, that he might ask alms of those that went into the temple. He, when he had seen Peter and John, about to enter the temple, asked to receive alms. But Peter with John fixing his eyes upon him said: ‘Look upon us.’ But he gazed deeply upon them, hoping that he would receive something from them. But Peter said—‘I have neither silver nor gold but what I have I give you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Arise and walk.’”
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