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Nov 27, 2020, 12:21 PM
This week, we enter the season of Advent, and with it, a new liturgical year.
Advent means “coming”; it is the time in which we prepare for the coming of Christ. We are waiting with expectation. Or at least, that is what the Church…
Nov 27, 2020, 11:49 AM
Esta semana iniciamos el Adviento y con él, un año litúrgico nuevo. Adviento significa “venida” y la Iglesia nos invita a iniciar el año estando a la expectativa, esperando la venida de Cristo, pues Él…
Oct 29, 2020, 11:59 AM
Pope Francis’ exciting new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, is a profound message that calls each of us to a deeper understanding of social friendship, community, and our shared responsibility to promote the common good. This invitation is made…
Oct 27, 2020, 10:03 AM
At his weekly general audience on Aug. 12, Pope Francis said, "The pandemic has highlighted how vulnerable and interconnected we all are. If we do not take care of each other, starting with the least -- those who are most affected, including…
Oct 14, 2020, 5:17 PM
"This virus makes my life more difficult; food has become very expensive and there are not enough vendors in the local market. I have no income, apart from selling my chickens and goat, [and the prices I got for them] were very low—the…
Sep 29, 2020, 10:20 AM
“Although there are many reasons to be discouraged, amid many prophets of destruction and condemnation, and so many negative and despairing voices, may you be a positive force, for this society. Like the engine of a train, may you be the…
Aug 7, 2020, 3:07 PM
Inequalities have become more recognizable in the midst of our recent challenges: Covid-19, an economic crisis, the murder of George Floyd, and renewed racial unrest in our communities. With so many injustices present in our world today, it can be…
Jul 2, 2020, 4:01 PM
Amid widespread suffering due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial injustice revealed by recent events, Catholics can find inspiration in a young man who lived through similarly troubled times. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is known by many…
May 19, 2020, 2:33 PM
Every Sunday, the list grows. At my multi-cultural, income-diverse parish, it now takes the lector several minutes during the Prayer of the Faithful to read the names of individuals and families from our parish sickened by Covid-19. This past Sunday,…
The Time Has Come to Eliminate Inequalities: Community Organizations Respond in the Time of COVID-19
May 6, 2020, 2:38 PM
It was the week of March 9th and the leaders of the census committee at the Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership (CSPL) were proud and energized after having organized a successful census outreach event that had brought together over 250…
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