“Wow, I wish I had preached that homily!” I know how often I experience that when I read Pope Francis’ homilies. I wish I knew Spanish to catch the full flavor.
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Journey From Confirmation Catechesis in Panama to Hugging the Pope
A journey from Confirmation catechesis in Panama to hugging the Pope in Rome.
Stark message to Synod from Vincentian Cardinal
“The question … in Africa for the youth is not what we talk [about] much here in the synod… In [the] African context, it is survival: what you have to eat, to dress, and whether you get shelter.”
The Synod as an Emmaus Story
The Synod as an Emmaus Journey! I have been doing a lot of thinking about the Youth Synod that begins in Rome today. In a post on the Eastern Province website, I tried to lay out how what happens in Rome will not stay in Rome. It will affect each of us, young and old,...
A Three-week Dialogue With Our Future
Given the stake we all have in our future as Church and Vincentian Family, this is the first of a series of posts devoted to the three week long Synod of Bishops focused on taking young people seriously, with their culture, their needs, their resources, and their weaknesses.