I recently gave the commencement address for a high school graduation. The students came from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Many ended up in the school because it offered them an alternative to a traditional classroom setting that had not served them well in the past. It was my first public commencement speech,… Read More Five Keys to Building Community
Bono: “Pope Francis, and his solidarity with the most vulnerable, has inspired me and many others, beyond words, beyond the music, and we want to work with him in this effort. I’m ready to roll up my sleeves; I’m ready to walk; I’m ready to face the structures of poverty and indifference that trap the… Read More Quote of the Day
Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Plight of the Rohingya by James Nachtwey: “A Muslim minority from western Burma, the 1.3 million-strong Rohingya have been denied the most basic of human rights: citizenship. Their sense of self has been lost. Since sectarian tensions erupted in 2012, roughly 140,000 Rohingya have been… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: John Kasich: Number Of Mentally Ill In Prison Is “A Disgrace” by Christopher Massie: “Ohio Gov. and likely Republican presidential candidate John Kasich argued last week that the number of mentally ill people in prison is ‘a disgrace’ and touted the changes made by his administration… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Pope Francis: “Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.”
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes: No one can claim to know why God let Beau Biden die so young, but we do know that the God who lost his son Jesus is crying with Beau’s father. In Joe Biden’s suffering, the vice president is giving his fellow Christians… Read More How Joe Biden’s Catholic Faith Has Guided Him Through His Son’s Death
Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR. He writes: Following Pope Francis’ lead, we Catholics should develop a “theology of encounter.” The term is too rich, and the current “Pope Francis moment” is too big, to miss this opportunity. So here is a call for professional theologians to think and write… Read More It’s time for a theology of encounter
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