Maybe it has something to do with the amount of time I spent in airplanes looking at the sky this week on my way to and from Nashville and then here to my current “office” in Toronto, but Pope Francis’ tweet “We need to rediscover a contemplative spirit, so that the love of God may warm our hearts” has truly stayed with me. In the midst of so much hustle and bustle, so much noise and a seemingly endless amount of... Read more
Today, I continue my 100 day series remembering the twentieth anniversary of Rwandan genocide. Please join me in prayer for those lives lost and impacted in this tragedy. #NeverAgain. LMH I thought it would be interesting as a part of this series to see how Monday’s 20th anniversary commemoration of the Rwandan genocide in Kigali was handled by different press outlets. Today, I’d like to share Reuters’ coverage, headlined “Rwandans told ‘never again’, 20 years after genocide“. (Reuters) – The United Nations chief told... Read more
From the USCCB: Thousands of New Catholics Prepare to Receive the Sacraments this Easter Archdiocese of Washington reports record numbers entering the Church Galveston-Houston welcomes over 2,000 people Easter Vigil rites will be held in English, Chinese, other languages in some communities April 10, 2014 WASHINGTON–A widow honoring his late wife and a Chinese graduate student are among the thousands of new Catholics joining the Catholic Church in the United States at Easter. All have participated... Read more
Today, I continue my 100 day series remembering the twentieth anniversary of Rwandan genocide. Please join me in prayer for those lives lost and impacted in this tragedy. #NeverAgain. LMH This video is a bit old — it was uploaded to Youtube on December 19, 2008. I’m sharing it today, because the rawness of Immaculée Ilibagiza testifies to the role that faith played in her ability to survive the genocide. As we know, Immaculée has gone on to tell her story of faith... Read more
Just released from the USCCB: USCCB Committee Votes on Distribution of Funds from Special Collection for Victims of Typhoon Haiyan; Proceeds to be Split Evenly for Immediate Humanitarian Relief and Long-Term Church Reconstruction Needs April 9, 2014 WASHINGTON—Members of the U.S. bishops’ Administrative Committee ratified a recommendation to evenly distribute the proceeds of the special collection for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan between humanitarian relief and long-term church reconstruction and program needs. The decision was made during the U.S. Conference... Read more
From the USCCB affiliated website FaithandSafety.org: On Wednesday, April 9, there will be a Twitter Q&A and the topic is the bipartisan and bicameral “Do Not Track Kids Act” with Senator Markey & Congressman Barton. Their handles are @MarkeyMemo @RepJoeBarton. Join the chat at April 9, 2014 2 PM EDT. Use the hashtag #AskKidsPriv. See the details below for more information. Do Not Track Kids Tool Twitter Q&A Kit Twitter chats are a great way for people on Twitter to... Read more
Today, I continue my 100 day series remembering the twentieth anniversary of Rwandan genocide. Please join me in prayer for those lives lost and impacted in this tragedy. #NeverAgain. LMH Since going to Rwanda with CRS last year, I’ve often pondered what might have been done differently to avoid the bloodshed of the genocide. Certainly, the role of the Church is entangled with the genocide. While I don’t know all of the facts of how the Church acted in that... Read more
I should have written this post yesterday. I used busyness as my excuse. As is usual these days, I was in transit. In reality, I probably could have made the time. But I decided not to, at a certain point intentionally choosing that I would blog about the commemoration of the twenty years since the scourge of the Rwandan genocide today. Partly it was out of a sense of “everyone else is doing it better than I will” mentality. But... Read more
Another article covering today’s genocide commemoration underscores some of the remaining emotional and psychological damage and points to the tragedy unfolding in the Central African Republic. #NeverAgain http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2014/Amid-wails-and-sobs,-Rwanda-commemorates-20-years-since-start-of-genocide/id-af98299811ce4a15bb365fae36d38b22 Read more
From my friend, William Newton: Tonight at 8pm Eastern my friend Brother Rex Anthony Norris will be the guest for the hour on EWTN’s “Journey Home” program. He’ll be talking about not only how he came into the Church, but also about his life as a Franciscan hermit. I hope you’ll tune in to watch, or catch the re-air or archived video when they appear. And a bit of background from Billy on a special project related to the Hermitage: Regular readers... Read more
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