Bridge Building
Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity by James Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Father Martin offers up...
Tagged: Charity
The Quality of Mercy
Pope Francis has declared this liturgical year, from December 2015 through November 2016, a Jubilee Year of Mercy. And while Catholics worldwide are invited to contemplate and celebrate the Divine mercy we have received...
Hunger in Vermont
There was a great segment on VPR’s Vermont Edition yesterday, November 18, about hunger in our state and what is being done to address it. Listen here: http://digital.vpr.net/post/checking-hunger-state
Aims & Purposes of the Catholic Worker
In the words of Dorothy Day, originally published in February, 1940. For the sake of new readers, for the sake of men on our breadlines, for the sake of the employed and unemployed, the...
The Cry of the Poor
In reflecting upon the readings for this past Sunday, October 25 — the story from Mark’s gospel about the blind beggar Bartimaeus — America Magazine’s John W. Martens poses the question, “Who do we...
Freely Received, Freely Given
My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ~James 2:1 “The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and...
Say “Yes” to Giving
Catholic social teaching tells us that what we have in this life is not ours alone, but is entrusted to us for the good of all. Basically, to withhold something from someone who has...
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