we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.1 cor 10:16-17 This is the Tomb of the Unknown Slave at St. Augustine Catholic Church of New Orleans,the oldest African-American Catholic parish in the United States.…
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Ukrainian Church, South Side, Pittsburgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBzr9BGxZ1U In the distance, the Monongahela River and what once used to be steel mills. Across from a car wash and a few blocks away from numerous ethnic restaurants and bars, sits the genteel old Ukrainian Catholic church of St.…
Tagged with: Monongahela River, Patriarch, Pittsburgh, Popes, South Side, Ukrainian Catholic Church
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Eastern Catholic Church, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Eastern Catholic Church, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Re-visiting Joe Bageant Country
Leaving Winchester for Front Royal, we stopped to pay homage once again to a local hero: Joe Bageant at a local watering hole he used to frequent regularly when he came back to write about his people: The Royal Lunch.…
Tagged with: Angie Brown, Deerhunting with Jesus, Gene Babb, Jamie Armel, Jeremie Simpson, Joe Bageant, Kim Johnson, Royal Lunch, Winchester
Posted in Christian Politicians, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in Christian Politicians, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Millenials Serving Children at Mary House, D.C.
Two Elizabeths: Graff and Niarhos. Emily Buchan. Celita Pope. Amelia Willoughby. Five millenials. They could be at the mall. Or figuring out how to make more money. Instead, they are all spending time as AmericCorps volunteers. With them is Alex…
Tagged with: after school programs, Alex Brecht, Amelia Willoughby, AmeriCorps, Catholic Worker, Celita Pope, Elizabeth Graff, Elizabeth Niarhos, Emily Buchan, Eucharist, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Mary House
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Millenials, Uncategorized, Volunteerism
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Millenials, Uncategorized, Volunteerism
As Firings and Restrictions Continue, So Does the Determination of the Faithful
Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
It seems that almost every day, we receive news concerning employees from Catholic institutions being terminated because of LGBT issues. Such news can be depressing, when we think about how much our church leaders need to…
Tagged with: Catholic school, Catholic Teacher contracts, LGBT, Purcell Marian High School
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Uncategorized
Transforming the Church from Within or Without? by Xochitl Alvizo
Originally posted on Feminism and Religion:
“Power belongs to those who stay to write the report!” stated Jeanne Audrey Powers during her presentation at the Religion and the Feminist Movement conference at Harvard Divinity School back in 2002. Though the statement sounds a little…
Mother and Daughter: Double Joy
With thanks for the many blessings of having mother, grandmother, great-grandmother Gladys Morais nee Vaz, and sister, aunt, great-aunt and cheer-leader for all who need a helping hand, Elaine Morais –in our lives. For your generosity of heart and soul,…
Tagged with: Academic Writing for Beginners, Elaine Morais, Gladys Morais, May 8, Mother, Mothers Day, Prayer to Mary
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
David Cohen: “I believe in grace.”
What better time to believe in grace than in the Easter season? Or, for David Cohen, in the season of Passover. The former president of Common Cause and “the preeminent voice of public advocacy” was still in Passover observance mode…
Catholics & Dappled Things in Cincinnati and Honolulu
The media reports that more than 100 protesters went to the chancery in Cincinnati this week to deliver 24,000 signatures on a petition asking Archbishop Dennis Schnurr to remove several new clauses from the contracts for Catholic teachers. Those clauses…
SEED: We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe
April 17, 2014. Maundy Thursday. A good day to stop by for the first time at Seed Restaurant in Kaimuki on the way to service at the Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University. On this day when the ritual of foot-washing…
