We are once again being asked by the organization, Feeding America, to urge Congress to fully fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the federal budget. Grocery prices are up 32% since 2019 and child care is up 40% since 2017. Right now, too many families are ...
The ultimate goal of the Christian life and of all spiritual practices is awareness of and abandonment to our communion with God, and the resulting transformation into an icon of the Divine Heart. Because God is infinite, the process of...
June is gun violence awareness month. According to the Archdiocesan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention, in Missouri nearly 1400 people die by guns every year, the fourth highest rate of gun violence in the country. More than...
June 20, 2026, is World Refugee Day, observed across the world to honor the strength, resilience and courage of those forced to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution, or violence and to recommit to protecting the rights, safety and dignity of refugees. This year’s theme is, “Until Everyone Is Safe.” 2026 marks the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, the international agreement that protects the rights of refugees and affirms the right to seek...
Did you know that, according to Feeding America, more than 700,000 seniors would lose access to nutritious monthly food boxes through the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) under the proposed federal budget for...
When we speak of the Mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, we speak of the very nature of God. Vast amounts have been said and written about the particulars of the Three Persons of the Trinity, yet when you step back from it, trying to ...
Network, a lobbying group for Catholic social justice founded in 1972 by a group of Catholic women religious, has expressed deep concern regarding the recent voting rights decision by the Supreme Court (Louisiana v. Callais), decrying the weakening of critical voting rights and protections fought for for...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
The psalmist reminds us that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” within the sacred mystery of our mother’s womb (Psalm 139). Our existence is ...
Only God is perfectly capable of keeping God's commandments, as they require perfect love (recall that Jesus tells us in Matthew 22:37-40 that all Divine commandments are finally summed up in love of God and love of ...
A year ago, the USCCB Committee on Migration asked the House of Representatives to pass H.R.1144 in support of reauthorizing prevention and protection for victims of human trafficking. The preceding two ...
The Seeds of Justice Network has issued a thoughtful reflection on tensions between Pope Leo and the Trump administration which have sparked an important question for people of faith: What do we do when politics...
Any “good Christian” will have been taught about their unity with God, how they are sons and daughters, princesses and princes in the family of the great King. Until one has experienced that unity, however, such talk sounds like...
St. Peter makes a pretty audacious claim in this Sunday's second reading: "[Suffering} is grace before God" (1 Pt 2:20). Because we know God is all-loving, we can reach a logical conclusion that all life experiences are grace before...
Information from Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice informs us that rescission of protection for “sensitive locations” in immigration enforcement (January, 2025) has led to fear among many people that they cannot safely go to ...
A science teacher and mentor once shared with me an anecdote about a time when she was leading her young students in an experiment. As the teacher, she thought she understood what the experiment was supposed to...