Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Though this is the time when people make resolutions, I would invite us to make not a resolution but a New Year’s intention. It is adapted from a spiritual exercise suggested by Sister Joan Chittester. The intention is: “I pray you hope now and in the future.” We say it [...]
Christmas 2018 Dear Friends, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light,” the prophet Isaiah proclaims tonight, “upon those who dwelt in a land of gloom, a light has shown.” If ever there was a year when those words capture the importance of Christmas, it is 2018. The darkness this year has [...]
from Gabino Zavala, Justice and Peace Director The US Bishops, in a vote of 241- 3 with one abstention, approved a pastoral letter against racism during their November meeting in Baltimore. This letter examines the “persistent” history of racism in our nation. This report is particularly timely in that the FBI recently reported that hate [...]
from Gabino Zavala, Justice and Peace Director Eleanor Rooseveltwikimedia commons Today we commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human rights which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948 . This declaration is just as essential to peace and justice now as it was when it [...]
by Maureen Lahiff, Companion and Member of the Justice and Peace Committee So why is the Irish girl writing about La Virgen de Guadalupe, La Morenita [the Little Brown One] del Tepeyac? Because she belongs to us all, not just to those of Mexican heritage. Or perhaps I should say, we all belong to her. [...]
