For this Mother’s Day, The Tablet reached out to U.S. Catholic leaders around the country to find out the lessons they learned from their moms.
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Eucharistic Revival Playbook Offers Direction, Ideas For Parish Year
Parish leaders seeking guidance for the National Eucharistic Revival’s upcoming parish year now have a 24-page resource to assist their discernment. The “Leader’s Playbook,” released May 1, helps parishes answer the question “what are we being asked to do?” through four “invitations” for the Year of Parish Revival, which begins on the solemnity of Corpus Christi June 11.
Baltimore Archdiocese Forms Commission To Investigate Church Connection To Slavery
In recent years, a growing awareness of injustice and calls for reform have led to a racial reckoning, with businesses, corporations, nonprofit organizations and institutions across the country reassessing their own complicity with racism in its various forms.
Biden’s Vow of Humane Immigration System Unfulfilled, Advocates Say
Two years into President Joe Biden’s term, Catholic immigration leaders wonder what happened to his campaign trail pledge to create a more fair and humane immigration system. They say while some positive steps have been taken, the administration has been slow to act, increasingly political, and reliant on recycled ineffective policies.
Migrant Crisis Brings Scrutiny To NY’s Status as ‘Sanctuary City’
Last summer, when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott started putting migrants onto buses and sending them to New York, some of the newcomers landed on the doorstep of Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens on Joralemon Street.
Parish Cybersecurity At Risk, But There’s Hope, Say Experts
Cybersecurity at Catholic parishes is less robust than it could be, but several free and low-cost resources — along with a healthy dose of common sense — can bolster technology defenses, experts told OSV News.
Maternity Homes Offer A ‘Haven’ That Gives Moms Chance At ‘Directional Change’ In Life
Three years ago, Helen Verriotto was a 27-year-old mother of one, pregnant with her second child, and homeless.
House Republicans Plan Vote on Border Security Package As Title 42 Ends
As Title 42 draws to its scheduled close, House Republicans are planning to vote on border security legislation criticized by the U.S. bishops.
Bishops to Congress: H.R. 2 Bill ‘Contains Harmful Measures’ For Migrants
With the U.S. House of Representatives set to vote on sweeping immigration legislation this week, the U.S. bishops’ conference migration committee chair has urged legislators to oppose it, deeming it incompatible with Catholic social teaching and the nation’s commitment to humanitarian protection.
Bishop Flores: Brownsville Vehicle Crash Indicative of ‘Corrosive Tendency’ to Devalue Vulnerable Human Life
A vehicle crashed into a crowd waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.