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Hunger USA
Hunger here in the richest nation in the world? Impossible, one might think. But the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual Hunger and Homelessness Survey makes it clear that hunger and food insecurity (not always having access to enough food to meet basic needs) not only exist, but are on the rise. The increase is reflected in the fact that the two dozen cities surveyed found that requests for ...
The Promise of Resurrection
For Christians throughout the world the dawn of Easter morning marks the celebration of the triumph of life over death, as we affirm our faith in the resurrection of Jesus. Religious faith is easily caricatured these days, dismissed as a failure of nerve before the ambiguities of real life or, more sobering, is identified with a fanaticism that seeks to assert its dominance over nonbelievers. The ...
New Mission Education Materials From Glenmary
A major commitment of Glenmary Home Missioners is to call young people into mission and to raise awareness of mission need here in the United States. That’s the goal of the new Educate & Inspire: Home Mission Materials From Glenmary, a joint project of Glenmary priests, brothers and sisters. The first materials were released in time for Mission Month (October) 2006 and the latest...
'The Right Thing to Do'
That's how Kevin Flack explained his commitment to integrate his Georgia high-school prom. He was the only active Catholic in his junior class, but he drew support from his parents and his Glenmary mission parish.
7th Sun [B] 2012
Our Judeo-Christian history begins with the recognition that God is the Sovereign Power who created the sun, the moon, the stars and universe… a universe into which God gave life, our human life. That history unfolded as recorded in the Old Testament, a history in which we humans rebelled against God because of our own prideful self-will.
6th Sun [B] 2012
The first reading for today’s Mass along with the Gospel passage speak of those who are outcasts, those who are literally cast out from the communities of Israel. In our society of today we have our own outcasts of a different sort, but nevertheless similar. In our day we have a few who are quarantined due to disease of illness.
California Catholic Lobby Day
Each year California Catholics gather in Sacramento to speak with their elected officials
about issues of concern to the Church. This effort is ...
What Have You Done for Your Marriage Today?
That’s the question the Catholic Church asks in a series of TV and radio spots launched June 27 by the