The season of Easter ends with the great feast of Pentecost—the birthday on the Church. On the first Pentecost Sunday the Holy Spirit empowered the disciples to carry out the mission given them by Jesus: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to…
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The Life-Giving Adventure of Encounter
This past Sunday, May 16, 2021, we celebrated the 54th World Communications Day. The theme selected by Pope Francis for this year was “Come and See” (Jn 1:46). Communicating by Encountering People Where and as They Are.
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Let Us Dream Part Three: Let us Act
What can we do? So often we hear that question when people learn of a tragedy or a need. We want to do something to help. Throughout the months and now the year of the global pandemic courageous, generous people have asked and answered that…
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Let Us Dream Part Two: A Time to Choose
Pope Francis wrote Let Us Dream to encourage all of us to take a path to a better future after the Covid-19 Pandemic. Last week I wrote about Part One of his book which focused on the importance of seeing, feeling and reflecting on our…
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Let Us Dream Part One: Time to See
Have you ever reflected on a past experience and think “I might have handled that differently, if I knew then what I know now”? Or when you are faced with a challenge today, do you think back to an experience from the past and realize…
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Where Are We After a Year of Ministry through a Pandemic?
While we have a ways to go before we as a nation can put Covid-19 in our rear view mirrors, we are coming to a place where hopefully we can look to a better future. We have been in crisis mode for over a year.…