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Love in Action
Before Christ
What does the Church believe happened to the souls of those who lived before Christ? Many presume that those souls who lived before Jesus had no opportunity to attain heaven, but the Catholic Church teaches that salvation is a gift from God offered to all people. Those who lived before …
What Gives You Pause in Your Faith?
I ran two whole miles yesterday. That doesn’t sound like a lot, so let’s call it 10,560 feet; and I ran them all without stopping. This is huge for me, not because I’ve never been the athletic type, but because, by God’s grace, I’m recognizing more frequently my fear of …
Disinterested Giving in Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”
In his January 16, 1980, general audience, Pope St. John Paul II noted that the second creation account in Genesis affirms two essential truths about the human person. The first is that the human is the only creature that God “willed for its own sake.” All other created things are …
Las Guadalupanas Draws Women to Our Blessed Mother
by April Deocariza After Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego in 1531, nearly nine million indigenous people in Mexico converted to the Catholic faith, and she became the patroness of the unborn and the Americas. Nearly 500 years later, Our Lady’s influence and intercession remain, felt even 2,000 …
Love in Action through Families of Parishes
God is love. In this simple conviction is the vast mystery that when we experience love in our lives or deliver it out into the world, we find ourselves steeped in the very presence of God. We often feel this most intensely with those closest to us: spouses, children and …
Nourishing Hope
How can you show love? While there are the physical aspects and emotional gestures, a recent legacy gift showed love not only to the Mission of Mary Cooperative, but to others who will benefit from them. Earlier this year, Mission of Mary Cooperative, located in the Twin Towers neighborhood of …
Seton Helping Saints
Creating a space for students to use their time, talent and treasure to serve in the community is at the heart of Seton Helping Saints (SHS), a student-led organization with more than 100 members at Seton High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Cincinnati. “It’s so important to teach young …
More than a Meal
On today’s menu, sweet and sour chicken with fried rice. For dessert, banana pudding. “This is a new one for us,” says Pat Freisthler, who has volunteered to cook at Holy Angels Soup Kitchen in Sidney since he first brought CCD students to volunteer a decade ago. Each day is …
Growing Together
A garden project not only provides sustenance to the hungry, but also fosters a stronger sense of community. Meg Anderson and Matt Davidson, married parishioners of the Crescent Family of Parishes just east of Cincinnati, share a passion for gardening. Last year, they learned of a Dayton-area cooperative that turned …