I heard about Kerry Weber’s book, Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job, in an America Magazine podcast. I was in my office sorting, stapling, and stacking handouts for a campus ministry presentation on Charity, Justice and the Structures of… Read More Book Review: Mercy in the City
In Pope Francis’ Lenten message, he offered a rich reflection on 2 Corinthians 8:9: “He became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.” Francis asked, “What do these words of Saint Paul mean for us Christians today? What does this invitation to poverty, a life of evangelical poverty, mean to us today?”… Read More Called to Sacrifice: What Can We Give Up to Enrich Others This Lent?
So there I was, getting beaten over the head with an umbrella by a client in the middle of the parking lot (I’m a social worker, working with men and women experiencing homelessness). As the umbrella came down, my mind raced, thinking of the possible ways I could best handle this situation (clinically speaking of… Read More Leading with Vulnerability (and Getting Hit over the Head with an Umbrella)
In November, Pope Francis issued a stirring call in Evangelii Gaudium for the Church to rediscover her “missionary impulse.” “If the whole Church takes up this missionary impulse,” he wrote, “she has to go forth to everyone without exception. But to whom should she go first? When we read the Gospel we find a clear… Read More Prioritizing the Poor in Global Health
Last month, my mother told me she was receiving food stamps. When she told me, my first reaction was one of embarrassment—what was my mother doing wrong that she wasn’t able to provide for herself? Then frustration—why didn’t she tell me that this was how she was surviving, since I am very fortunate to have… Read More My Mom Is On Food Stamps?!
Last week, Pope Francis released his message for the 48th World Communications Day, “Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter.” Since 1967, most of these messages (and every one since 1996) have been dated for release on January 24th, the feast day of Saint Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists. They… Read More Who is My Digital Neighbor?
In November, America’s most listened-to radio talk show host told his audience that Pope Francis was preaching “pure Marxism.” Either that, Limbaugh said, or the “worldwide left” had deliberately mistranslated the pope’s apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. Many Catholics were outraged at the distortion. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good called on Limbaugh to apologize.… Read More Thank you, Rush Limbaugh
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