Pilgrims of Hope: Using Advent’s Tools
I woke up on November 6, 2024, hardly daring to breathe. Turning with trepidation to my mobile’s incessant notifications, my heart sank with the realization of my worst US election…
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For the Sake of the Children
M&M’s, Snickers and Oreos??!! It was July 30th, the World Day of Trafficking Against Human Persons, and, on my webinar screen, Dominican sister, Brigid Clingman, had been outlining two of…
ANZAC Day Commemoration in New Zealand
ANZAC Day Commemoration I am writing this on April 25, a public holiday as New Zealanders remember those 2779 New Zealand soldiers who died at Gallipoli in the senseless assault…
Our New Neighbours in Manhattan
It is Monday morning, and I am at the Migrant Center of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Manhattan, one of a team of volunteers readying ourselves to…
Women Are Not Roles in the Church: Part II
Susan Roll is speaking to a conference in the Netherlands this week, and her regular Scripture reflection is not available. In its place, Susan has agreed to our publishing a…
Women Are Not Just Roles in the Church
Susan Roll is speaking to a conference in the Netherlands this week, and her regular Scripture reflection is not available. In its place, Susan has agreed to our publishing a…
An Option for the Poor
A Theology of Liberation In 1973, Peruvian theologian Gustavo Gutierrez’s ground-breaking A Theology of Liberation was published in English. This wonderfully erudite yet readable publication invited disciples of Jesus to…
Social Justice: Doing Hope
Advent 2023 was a different one for me. Against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian war wreaking unimaginable devastation on already bereft people, the ongoing violence in the Ukraine, Myanmar, and…
Nourishing Body and Spirit
“It would be important for a family to have a rice cooker in the home and lots and lots of rice!!” This was part of an email reply an RNDM…
Bed-Stuy: Service with a Smile
I look forward to Tuesdays. The day gets off to a quick start as my companion and I ready ourselves for the rather long bus-train trek to Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn,…