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Saint Clare: Making the Stranger Our Neighbor

August 11, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

We live in a culture in which money seems to be the answer to all our problems. 

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Saint Lawrence: Reminding Us of the True Treasures of the Church

August 10, 2022 By Tim Gavin Leave a Comment

Since Lawrence was the chief financial officer in Rome, he was given the option by the Roman prefect to surrender the “treasures of the church” and receive his freedom or resist and be put to death.

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Living as a Microphone for God

March 24, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

We know Oscar Romero because of his outspoken liberation theology, but that is not what marked the majority of his ordained life.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: government, justice, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, martyrdom, military, Oscar Romero, poor, prophet, saints, social justice

Celebrating Saint Brigid, a woman of fiery faith

February 1, 2019 By Heather Sleightholm 1 Comment

I first learned of Brigid a few years ago while researching Ireland, and discovered that Brigid was another much beloved patron saint of the country, alongside Saint Patrick. I

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Social Justice Bible Challenge Provides a Great Cloud of Witnesses

July 29, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish 2 Comments

The youth at the Episcopal Youth Event picked up one book more than any other from the Forward Movement table.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Bible, Episcopal Youth Event, justice, poor, social justice, teenagers, youth

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