Food for Thought: How I’m Approaching Thanksgiving Differently This Year
Like virtually every American, I learned the traditional image of “The First Thanksgiving” when I was a child. I remember making pilgrim hats out of…
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So You Think the Catholic Church Isn’t Doing Anything in the World…
Though this was never my impression, some I’ve encountered may have been thinking that there’s not much connecting going on between the Catholic Church and…
‘How Do I Serve the Church as a Lay Person?’
For two and a half years I was a Jesuit, living religious life and experiencing what it was like to be part of the Church in more of a public capacity. I had many opportunities to serve people from all walks of life in different places. I had to get used to people calling me brother or father, though I was neither. It was kind of nice to be an “official” representative of the Catholic Church as a religious.
Our parish had a three night “mission” during Lent and the missionary was another priest from our diocese! Shouldn’t a missionary be someone who comes from far away?
Our word “mission” comes from the Latin word “missio,” which means “sending.” After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples and sent them out to…
