“To love is to will the good of another.” Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1766 (St. Thomas Aquinas)

According to Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks (like the St. Louis Area Foodbank) and pantries, last year their network of over 200 food banks and meal programs sourced, received and distributed more than seven billion pounds of food. They hope to...

BeSMART, an organization that promotes awareness that secure gun storage—storing firearms unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition—can save children’s lives, is sponsoring SMART Week from August 25th to 29th. This is important because...

The Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN), honoring the feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, quotes him as saying, “Just as the [people] of the world love and seek with such great diligence honors, fame, and esteem on earth—as the world teaches them—so those ...

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has recently addressed the passage of HR 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. He lamented the failure of the law to help families in need and to change course on aspects of the bill that fail the poor and vulnerable, making ...

Pope Leo XIV used a newly added formulary of the Mass, “For the Care of Creation,” when celebrating Mass at the papal villa on July 9. This formulary selects prayers and readings that affirm the place of God’s creation in worship....

A newsletter from Feeding America provides a good summary of The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). Since 1981, this program has supplemented the diets of our neighbors with low incomes by providing them with ...

This year’s United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Humans is July 30. The theme is “Human Trafficking is Organized Crime—End the Exploitation.” More and more victims are being trafficked every year across greater distances, with greater violence, for longer periods of time and for greater profit. Organized criminal networks are...

Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s landmark encyclical on the environment, was released ten years ago. His powerful teaching concerning our responsibility to care for all of creation highlights several themes. We are called to renew our relationship with God, one another and the created world. God created the world and ...

A May 16 report by Consumer Reports describing the prevalence of PFAs in our environment reveals their presence in non-stick cookware, water-resistant clothing, food packaging and cosmetics. This category includes over 14000 chemicals that persist...

No doubt many of us have received communications in the last several days addressing the harmful measures included in the “big, beautiful bill” moving through Congress now. The Ignatian Solidarity Network and USCCB Justice for Immigrants have written...

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the USCCB are urgently requesting Catholics to email our members of Congress, asking them to reverse terminations of ...

The Church traditionally celebrates the birth of St. Joseph on May 1 and this Jubilee Year, the Church honored him and all workers in early May. As the patron saint of workers, St. Joseph symbolizes the dignity of ...

As we celebrate Mother’s Day, let’s reflect on this beautiful prayer (edited for length) from Education for Justice, a project of The Ignatian Solidarity Network. Let us rejoice in Mary, our mother and sister, and know her presence at our side as she once stood at the side of her Son, Jesus. May she...

Earth Month has drawn to a close. Let’s continue to be good stewards of the health of our planet and its inhabitants. Did you know that only 5-6% of plastics are recycled (regardless of what the container might say)? Most of it ends up in ...

The Way Toward Easter In this time of conflict and violence, When so many are armed and angry, We walk with the peacemakers, on the difficult road toward peace. In this time of mourning for ...

April 22 is Earth Day. Here are some of the measures Mary Mother of the Church takes to care for God’s creation: 1) use of solar panels...

As stewards of God’s creation, we must do our part to improve the health of our environment and its inhabitants. While recycling is very worthwhile for metal, glass and paper, at least 91% of all plastic will end up being buried, burned, or in our oceans and waterways. We can shift away from our throw-away culture by...

In a March 17, 2025, statement, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) cited estimates that the number of undocumented persons living in this country who came as children exceeds three million. For a majority of these Dreamers, the ...

As has been noted in our weekly bulletin, the movie “Romero” is being shown Sunday afternoon, March 23, at 3:00 p.m. in the parish hall. Archbishop St. Oscar Romero was...