Catholic Social Teaching for Our World Today
The USCCB has released a statement urging the protection of migrant workers through the current pandemic and economic trouble. “We urge our political leaders and policymakers to consider the realities and emerging, pressing needs...
May 1 is recognized around the world as International Workers Day, and in the Catholic Church as the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. In either case, it is a day to recognize and...
Vermont is trying to figure out what to do with its homeless population after the pandemic, according to Seven Days reporter Kevin McCallum in an article appearing this week. During the “Stay Home Stay...
A lot has already been written about Jeff Sessions, about his use of a Biblical quote to justify political actions, and about the reasons why he’s wrong. I don’t know that I can say...
At the store where I work we put up a sign at the beginning of the month, letting customers know that September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. It’s been up now for a few...
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...
December 28th, the fourth day of Christmas, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Innocents. This day has its origins in Matthew’s gospel account of the birth of Jesus and Herod’s reaction to...
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...
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
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...
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