There are three things I heard over the past week that are stuck in my head. First, “We are the pro-life generation!” Thousands of young people chanted this refrain at last Thursday’s March for Life in Washington. Then, “We’re not asking – we’re demanding! Give us the vote!” This was a masterful Daniel Oyelowo portraying… Read More A Very Catholic Week: The March for Life, Selma, and Immigration Reform
Millennial had the opportunity to interview Ralph McCloud, the director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the official domestic anti-poverty agency of the USCCB, on some of the important topics that have emerged as part of the national conversation in the wake of Michael Brown’s killing and the protests that followed in Ferguson, Missouri.… Read More Race, Economic Justice, and Ferguson: An Interview with CCHD’s Ralph McCloud
Check out these recent articles from around the web: CCHD: Putting the Gospel into Practice by John Gehring: “At a time when 1 in 6 Americans live in poverty and extreme income inequality is growing, a contribution to C.C.H.D. is a powerful way to affirm Catholic identity and empower those struggling to lift themselves out… Read More Around the Web
Fifty years ago this week, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr gave an iconic speech. It offers a vision of the best impulses of the American experiment. No matter how many times I watch video of Dr. King I still get goose bumps. I want to be that community, where children are judged by the… Read More The Promise and Challenge of Already but Not Yet: Personal Reflections on MLK’s Vision
The USCCB Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church released a statement on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom today. The bishops make a number of good points and conclude by saying: We join the call for positive action that seeks to end poverty, increase jobs, eliminate racial and… Read More USCCB Statement on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
This past weekend, I had the honor of representing Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Millennial at a panel entitled A Catholic Conversation on Race, Religion and the March on Washington The event, co-sponsored by Catholic Democrats and Pax Christi USA and hosted by Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in DC, discussed the gritty… Read More Fifty Years Later: Catholics Still Fighting for Racial Justice
Check out these recent articles from around the web: McDonalds’ suggested budget for employees shows just how impossible it is to get by on minimum wage by Robyn Pennacchia: “I don’t want to live in any kind of dog-eat-dog Ayn Rand erotic fantasy. Human beings are worth more than that. Anyone who works 40 hours… Read More Around the Web
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