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God With Us Through Direct Service and Advocacy

God With Us Through Direct Service and Advocacy

By Sr. Carol De Angelo O Come O Come Emmanuel (God with us). I love the Advent Season. The liturgical readings remind me of waiting in hopeful expectation for the coming of God’s reign in its fulness, of God made flesh … in Jesus and in us and all Creation. Taking a...
Becoming a Stephen Minister

Becoming a Stephen Minister

By Retta Blaney I was commissioned as a Stephen Minister in September 2021 at Marble Collegiate Church. Stephen Ministers are highly-trained, highly-supervised lay ministers. I had 50 hours of classroom (Zoom) training and about 50 hours of reading. It’s...
Catholics in America

Catholics in America

By Bill Hurley, Associate An American Catholic sitting in a pew at Mass one Sunday, heard his pastor preach a homily on the Good Samaritan. Upon leaving Church he asked his priest “Who is my Neighbor?” What follows is a reply, a story I would hope would be preached to...