Catholic Social Teaching
Recently, our Catholic paper published a fantastic issue centered entirely on the Church’s consistent ethic of life. It served as a good reminder to readers that the pro-life issue encompasses more than abortion, for which I am deeply grateful. As I paged through the issue, I was searching for the resource page for families interested in adoption or making themselves available for foster care; and it was not there.
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I have long been grateful for the humble, practical way that we enter into the low lows and high highs of this week; that the story of salvation must begin with taking note of those on the margins.
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Ever notice how October is a bit of a glory hound? It comes in with a blaze, still warm afternoons, pumpkin spiciness, grinning jack-o-lanterns, kids in costume, and we hungrily eat it up. November feels a bit somber by comparison–especially if you’re Catholic. Bang! As soon as you turn the page on the calendar, we dedicate two […]
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St. Joseph the Worker I wrote the reflection for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker over on the Blessed Is She Blog this week and it provided some really interesting context for yesterday’s feast—and in light of the events in Paris yesterday, some helpful context. The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker was initiated in 1955 […]
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Who doesn’t love to read labels?! Right. The good news is that companies who produce their food/clothing/products ethically tend not to make it hard for you to see that. It’s generally loud, proud and stamped on the front for the world to see. Which also means, if you’re struggling to find any indication of the […]
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Bread-breaking was one of my resolutions for the year, and I’d say we’re doing this marginally at our house–Welcoming others into our home to share a meal and break bread together (which is so much more than feeding people). It is the ritual in which we reveal ourselves to one another, in the posture of our […]
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