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God Calls Us to Be Woke

January 30, 2023

Reflect To be “woke” is a term derived from the civil rights movement—it is an invitation to be alert of our own hidden prejudices and …

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The Election’s Over—Now What?

October 30, 2020
On November 3, we all have an obligation to vote to determine the direction in which our great nation is moving. We've heard the speeches and read the attacks on each candidate.
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Justice within God’s Kingdom

February 5, 2020
In his book The Foundations of Christian Faith, theologian Karl Rahner asks us to think about a man engaged in the simple act of buying a banana at the grocery store.
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My Mother’s Voice

March 27, 2019
What I learned from my mother's simple prayer was that the reason the priest didn't want us at the church was because we were Black.
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U.S. Sister Dorothy Stang, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is pictured in a 2004 file photo in Belém, Brazil. Feb. 12, 2025, was the 20th anniversary of the killing of Sister Dorothy, a citizen of Brazil and the United States, who spent nearly four decades defending the rights of poor settlers as well as working to save the rainforest from powerful ranchers bent on destroying it. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

Sister Dorothy Stang: Modern-Day Martyr

February 24, 2006
Murdered for her defense of the farmers and the rainforest of Brazil, Sister Dorothy Stang died with great courage and faith.
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