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Apr 4, 2018, 12:00 PM
On this fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., join us in praying for healing and grace to reject the sin of racism in our hearts, communities, and structures.
Prayer to Address the Sin of Racism…
Mar 29, 2018, 12:00 PM
“Jesus himself is the model of the Good Samaritan; by imitating his love and compassion, we show ourselves truly to be his followers.” –Pope Francis
Lent is a time of preparation for the Resurrection. During these 40…
Mar 27, 2018, 12:00 PM
Patti Gutiérrez, Diocese of Owensboro
Early on as a Pastoral Associate in a multicultural, rural parish I often found myself bumping up against unwritten rules of interaction and I couldn’t figure out what was going wrong. For…
Mar 20, 2018, 12:00 PM
As our pickup crested the rock-strewn path and shuddered to a stop, I took in my surroundings. Up ahead, a cluster of tarp-covered encampments stood guard against the spitting rain, ungainly sights in an otherwise stunning landscape. Further away, a…
Mar 15, 2018, 12:00 PM
The Parable of the Good Samaritan reminds us that almsgiving is an act of charity that shares God’s love with our brothers and sisters in need.
At the end of the parable, Jesus asks his disciples to name who was “neighbor” in the…
Mar 13, 2018, 12:00 PM
The following is adapted from A Prayer Service for Racial Healing in Our Land (also in Spanish), from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Perfect for Lent, this and other resources from the USCCB Racism page can help Catholics examine their…
Mar 7, 2018, 12:45 PM
The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) reminds us that fasting helps us encounter those things about ourselves that prevent us from loving God and neighbor.
How does the Parable of the Good Samaritan point to fasting? In this story, we…
Mar 5, 2018, 5:10 PM
Thousands of immigrants—mostly from Latin America—and their families gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in late 2016 to participate in the annual Walk with Mary celebration. In his homily, the…
Mar 1, 2018, 1:00 PM
In 2011, a drone strike killed a 16-year-old American teen, Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki, in Yemen. He died two weeks after his father, a militant cleric, was also killed by a drone in Yemen. They were the first two Americans to be killed by U.S. manned…
Feb 27, 2018, 1:00 PM
The faces of many of our parishes are changing. The Catholic Church in the U.S. is the most ethnically diverse denomination in one of the most multicultural countries in the world. New parishioners bring with them many gifts, insights and…
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