One of the best parts of my job is that I get to meet an assortment of people who are as diverse as they are impressive. On any given day, I get to have conversations with immigrant janitors from Latin America and Nobel Prize winning WASPs, with football players and chess champions. I try to… Read More The Architecture of the City of God
On a retreat with college students earlier this year, we collected everyone’s cell phones as a way for students to disconnect from all they left behind and to be present to the group during our time together. When I looked in the plastic bag that held all the phones, I had a hard time believing… Read More Would Jesus Own an iPhone?
Alicia Keys’ new jam “Not Even the King” features exceptionally soulful, emotionally rich vocals, a beautiful musical composition, and thoughtful, poignant lyrics that highlight a central moral truth: the immeasurable superiority of love over material accumulation. It is not surprising that Keys has produced such an aesthetically pleasing song chock-full of meaningful content. An introspective… Read More Some People So Poor All They Got is Money
Today, Circle of Protection, a non-partisan Christian group that advocates on behalf of marginalized persons in the United States released web videos from both Presidential candidates addressing how their respective administrations would serve marginalized Americans who are suffering from poverty, hunger and homelessness. President Obama and Governor Romney’s respective responses are below:
Today unspeakable violence has stained our world again. The heinous murders of four American diplomats in Libya, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens are as Secretary of State Clinton said “shock[ing] to the consciences of people of all faiths around the world.” Though politicos and pundits are already trying to weigh the political consequences of this tragedy,… Read More Statement from Millennial Regarding Attacks on Americans in Libya
There are truly saints and blesseds among us. Today, I remember Father Mycal Judge, the venerable Franciscan and chaplain to the FDNY, who was the first recorded death during the September 11 terrorist attacks. The scene of the firefighters carrying his deceased body from the rummage is one of the most memorable images of September… Read More September 11 Saint: Franciscan Father Mycal Judge
Did you notice anything missing from the national conventions these past two weeks? It seems that among all the major speeches a major tenant of Catholic social teaching was noticeably missing: being good stewards of God’s earth. In fact, the effects of global climate change have hardly been mentioned at all during this nearly year-and-a-half race for the… Read More Catholics to Obama and Romney: Heed Pope Benedict’s Call, Address Climate Change
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