In his “Message for Lent 2026,” Pope Leo XIV makes a connection between authentic fasting as a witness to the world, and awareness of and surrender to Divine Communion, such as is cultivated by our contemplative practices. He then calls us to a unique fast born out of this communion:...
Love Thy Neighbor is a sub committee of our Peace and Justice Ministry
Our Mission Statement is:
Love Thy Neighbor prioritizes listening and learning, as we welcome our
community and our sexual and gender diverse members and their...
As we begin the season of Lent, many Catholics will undertake or rededicate themselves to the three Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in order to grow in openness to God. Popular Catholic author and speaker Fr. Mike Schmitz ...
We all have our preferences, but for the most part, we must admit that our likes and dislikes are often based on external factors such as cultural conditioning, habits, and unquestioned assumptions, rather than really being rooted in...
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) works to expose disparities in our criminal justice system that are a legacy of our history of racial injustice. Black men are nearly six times more likely to be incarcerated than white men; Latino men are...