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Journaling hope: The church and its people organizing for change
… In Spanish we considered what kind of poder , or power (both our own that needs to be mined and the power we access when we are united) we had as the laity of the church to be able to …
Life work that helps others is Dennis Gallagher's goal
… Sr. Camille : Dennis, what was your childhood like? … Gallagher : My childhood was very happy. Mine was a supportive family that gave me opportunities to grow and challenged me always to do my … ago, I was invited by Mercy Sr. Caroline Tweedy, our board president and a personal friend of mine, to become a board member because of my educational background in adult education and my …
How Georgetown fosters a civil debate on abortion
… Surely this is vital for a moral citizen's education. It has certainly been foundational to mine. …
Mercy Sr. Diane Guerin: Communication is key to resolving conflict
… out: 'Yes, you're telling us how safe fracking is but they told my father when he worked the mines it was safe and now he is dying from black lung disease. This is not safe at all!' The aide …
Hillary Clinton's double standards on human rights
… administration also attempted to bring down the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua by mining the country’s harbors; sabotaging oil installations; and organizing, training, arming and …
The Jesus factor
… factor, figure into my life? Have I reached out gratefully to receive the graces that are mine because of Jesus risen? Have I allowed that grace to fill me, mold me? Have I allowed it to …
Carry on the work of Jesus, be Jesus in our world
… First and the Last. I am the living one. I was dead; and now I am alive, forever and ever; and mine are the keys of death and the netherworld." … Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion … Acts … when Catholics referred to their priests as "other Christs." A Scripture scholar friend of mine writes about this, about himself. He says, "The impression I received from this popular …
Panama Papers reveal sickening connections between political power and money
… Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and one hundred other news organizations began mining the 11.5 million leaked records of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, they had to …
Links for 04/06/16
… offers his curtain raiser to the apostolic exhortation due to be released Friday. I will offer mine tomorrow. In an interview at Politico , Hillary Clinton has had enough of Bernie … land. At "Art & Liturgy" bracketology based on beautiful churches. Their list differs from mine, but it is fun to look at the pics of so many examples of ecclesiastical architecture that …
Mercy is a child named Jaden
… years was in a serious accident. She was doing the best she could. "Jaden, these friends of mine are going to watch you for a while today." I had never met her in my life. She was my … him to be at his level to talk and found myself gazing into big, grayish-blue eyes that, like mine, wanted only the assurance of peace. "What do you want to eat?" I asked him. It happened so … Jaden moved in with us. Four weeks later, I cradled him in my arms, his body tucked close to mine, and he asked: "Barbara, can I call you Mommy, and Brian Daddy?" "Yes, Jaden, you can." "And …
Pope’s quotes: Mining sectors
… the excluded, advancing towards an integral, inclusive and sustainable development. The entire mining sector is undoubtedly required to effect a radical paradigm change to improve the … and those in which they operate, businesses and investors, the local authorities who supervise mining operations, workers and their representatives, the international supply chains with their …