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Blog - Posts from 2019
Nov 12, 2019, 1:30 AM
On November 11th the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) presented the 2019 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award to Ana Chavarin, interim lead organizer at the CCHD-funded group Pima County Interfaith, in Tuscon, AZ. Ana was honored for…
Labor Day 2019: On the Hundredth Year of the United States Bishops’ Program of Social Reconstruction
Aug 28, 2019, 9:30 PM
In his 2019 Labor Day statement, On the Hundredth Year of the United States Bishops’ Program of Social Reconstruction, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human…
Aug 13, 2019, 2:30 PM
In June, Catholic Bishops from around the United States gathered in Baltimore for the Bishops’ Spring General Assembly. At the top of the agenda was a discussion of the universal Catechism revision announced on August 2, 2018, by the…
Jul 23, 2019, 2:00 PM
This year the Diocese of Rochester collected over 10,300 signatures in support of a bill granting basic labor rights to farmworkers in New York State. These workers had been denied overtime pay, a voluntary day of rest per week, and…
Jun 24, 2019, 1:58 PM
Faith in the Valley (FITV), o Fe en el Valle, es una organización comunitaria con base religiosa en el Valle Central de California, que representa a más de 100,000 familias de los condados de Fresno, Kern, Merced, Stanislaus y San…
Jun 6, 2019, 7:30 PM
As a parish youth minister for more than a decade, I know well the innate desire for justice and the natural ability to create change that is inherent within many youth and young adults. They know injustice when they see it and want to say or do…
Apr 22, 2019, 12:30 PM
As we celebrate Earth Day, we are reminded of Pope Francis's call in Laudato Si’ to care for creation and to reconcile our relationship with God, creation and one another. The following is an excerpt from an Ecological…
Apr 19, 2019, 12:30 PM
On the morning of the very first Good Friday, I imagine Jesus waking in a jail cell alone. I picture him sitting in the corner, eyes trained at a wall, preparing himself for a death that would come at the hands of the state.
Minutes away from…
Apr 6, 2019, 1:00 PM
One of my favorite parts of my job as the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Intern for the Archdiocese of Seattle is the work that I get to do around education and outreach on Catholic social teaching.
At the core of Catholic social teaching…
Mar 24, 2019, 12:30 PM
A few years ago, the Archdiocese of Washington invited us to “Walk with Francis” in honor of the pope’s visit to Washington, D.C. This year, Sacred Heart School has been walking with the newly canonized St. Oscar Romero, the…
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