Outreach and Service
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Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2018
Read or download this year’s Lenten message from our Holy Father. “Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24:12)
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Individual Racism Vs Racial Inequity in Our Region
Why should racial inequality matter to us as Catholics? And how is God calling us to respond? Fr. Bryan Massingale answers questions in a recent speech about how “racism is a sickness of the soul.”. Also, read about Sr. Mary Antona Ebo and her longtime fight for racial equality
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Yes, There Is Room at the Inn
“A few days before Christmas, Jeremy Anderson sat in the basement of Christ the King Church in University City with his girlfriend and one-year-old son as they ate a barbecue dinner. ” Read about their experience in this story from the St. Louis Review.
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What is the most important gift of the Magi? (Epiphany)
Perhaps an unopened gift is a good symbol for us. We’ve begun a New Year and we wonder what it will hold? Will it be toys or clothes? Will it be filled with excitement, fun and joy; or the stuff that we didn’t really want … stuff that is less fun, disappointing, maybe even painful?
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Do You Ever Feel Like Your Work Is Never Done? (Feast of the Holy Family)
Do you ever feel like your work is never done? If so, what two words from the gospel might serve you well in the new year?
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If Jesus had been born today…what would the fact checkers say? (Christmas)
If Jesus had been born today…what would the fact checkers say? What would happen, 2017, if this would be the time Jesus was born, instead of 2000 years ago?