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The Root Causes of Homelessness Today
But either way you cut it, clearing or criminalizing homeless encampments will do little to solve our nation’s homelessness crisis.
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Priests Committed to the Poor and the Needy • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
Priests, do not be offended at the freedom of speech which a layman uses in appealing to your zeal. [...] Mistrust yourselves, mistrust the habits and customs of a more peaceful period, and have less doubt of the power of your ministry and its popularity. It is true,...
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Remembering Venerable Felix De Andreis, C.M.
The Association of the Miraculous Medal of Perryville, Missouri published an article entitled “Remembering Venerable Felix De Andreis, C.M., First Superior of the Congregation of the Mission in the United States” in their Spring Bulletin 2024.
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Future, Past, and Present: A Science Fiction Parable
We see so little of God’s creation! Yet we still think of our world as the center of creation, our culture as the model for all cultures.
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Synodality in the History of the Church #famvin2024
Synodality in the Catholic Church refers to a style of living and institutional functioning that reflects a form of communion and cooperation within the ecclesial community.
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The God of Creation
Images for God — metaphors and visuals that catch something more fundamental and grounded than ideas for God.
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Any Memories of Your Grandparents?
My personal relationship with my grandparents is complicated. I never knew either my father’s or mother’s parents.
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Contemplation: The Bashful Poor
This post originally appeared on ssvpusa.org Effective Conferences, our manual explains, are “reachable.” [Manual, 26] While most Conferences make every effort to ensure that their phone number, along with perhaps a website and email address, are well-publicized and...
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Fill Up All Those Who Are Hungry
Jesus, like his Father, is attentive to our needs. He does not fail to fill up those of us who hunger for what we lack. Those who were dying of hunger in the desert did not have to return to Egypt to fill up themselves. For the one who had brought them out of...
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Vincentian Places 19 – Marseille
As the chaplain to the galley slaves, Vincent ministered to prisoners in Marseille.