Praying on Paper
Terry Hershey
November 30, 2020
Journaling is a chance to give a voice to what’s inside.
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Black Catholics celebrate their heritage, take active role in the church
OSV News
November 23, 2020
Deacon Art Miller, a cradle Catholic whose grandparents moved from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the South Side of Chicago, grew up in a segregated society during the 1950s.
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne
Franciscan Media
November 20
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, a Sister of the Society of the Sacred Heart and French by birth, was an early missionary to the United States.
Blessed John Duns Scotus
Franciscan Media
November 8
Blessed John Duns Scotus was one of the most influential Franciscans in the worlds of philosophy and theology. He is probably best known for his defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Scotus served on the faculties of both Oxford University and the University of Paris.
Saint Martin de Porres
Franciscan Media
November 3
Due to racial and social prejudices, Saint Martin de Porres might have grown to be a bitter man, but he did not. Instead, he turned to the needs of others and generously cared for the poor and downcast. He was known for his goodness to, and love of others, regardless of their race.
Church’s history is key to confronting racism, say panelists
OSV News
October 29, 2020
Racism and systematic racial injustice “are the issues our people are trying to navigate and are struggling with,” said Father Robert Boxie III, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington.
HHS ensures hospital patients have access to spiritual care amid pandemic
Susan Hines-Brigger
October 23, 2020
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Religious Liberty praised the Department of Health and Human Services for resolving discrimination complaints over two hospitals’ refusal to let patients have access to the sacraments of baptism and the anointing of the sick during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Be a Living Prayer: Tips from Saint Francis of Assisi
Daniel P. Horan, Phd
October 6, 2020
With the guidance of Saint Francis of Assisi, you can learn to ground your life in prayer.
St. John the Baptist: Prophet, Preacher, Witness
Barbara Leonhard, OSF
October 5, 2020
Is our faith, our spirit, a lively witness to others? Does our presence point others to Jesus—as St. John the Baptist’s did in his lifetime?
And a Child Shall Lead Us: An Advent Meditation
Susan Hines-Brigger
October 5, 2020
This month as we celebrate the birth of Christ, perhaps we should take some time and rejoice in the joy and hope that a child can bring to us—and be open to what that child might teach us.
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