Priest asks Forgiveness for Having Been KKK Member as Young Man
Father William Aitcheson, a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, asked forgiveness for having been a member of the Ku Klux Klan years ago as “an impressionable young man.”
2017
How the Bible Gives Us Hope
Bible Sunday: “Hope for Our Communities” is the theme of this year’s Bible Sunday Celebration.
How My Father’s Death Led to a Book
My father’s death, after almost a lifetime of absence, seems to close the yawning chasm between us. I feel him closer in death than when he was alive. The seed of an “inclination to look back on history” was planted the day I heard he had died.
Let’s Turn Alcohol Abuse Around
Alcohol abuse is one of the causes of violence against women and children. Even people who are normally gentle can become violent after too much alcohol.
Learning Psalm 131
Psalm 131 is “one of the shortest psalms to read but one of the longest psalms to learn”. It’s a lone prayer – a private prayer to God which expresses trust and a childlike dependence on God.
This Week’s Issue: 23 August – 29 August, 2017
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Secret Deal? Vatican Archives and the Holocaust
Secret negotiations between Heinrich Himmler and a Swiss Catholic politician, hired by a Jewish woman and helped by an Italian papal nuncio, may have contributed to ending the mass extermination of the Jewish people.
Central African Priests use Facebook to Express Outrage, Appeal for Help
Catholic priests whose villages have been attacked have taken to Facebook to express outrage and appeal for help. One priest accused U.N. peacekeepers of “deliberately abandoning” his town and leaving parishioners to be murdered by rebels.
Mass Readings: 27 August – 3 September, 2017
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, August 27, 21st Sunday of the Year Isaiah 22:19-23, Psalms...
