Interfaith Immigration Coalition Virtual Advocacy Days The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) is hosting virtual advocacy days from Tuesday, July 14 – Thursday, July 16 to demand that Congress defund the administration’s harmful anti-asylum policies and restore asylum protections. A series of legislative meetings are being organized along with an accompanying training to equip community members…
ICE to Release Children
Federal Judge Orders ICE to Release Children Due to COVID A federal judge ruled Friday evening that immigrant children held in ICE detention must be released by July 17 due to the danger of the coronavirus pandemic, an order that was met with urgings from rights groups for the concurrent release of parents as well…
CATHOLICS OF COLOR
CATHOLICS OF COLOR Several canonized and potential saints have already helped to pioneer the Church’s path toward equality for all its members.Born in Peru to a Spanish father and a Black mother (15791639), St. Martin de Porres has long been a patron of Black Catholics. In recent years, he has been joined by a growing…
Sister Thea Bowman
Sister Thea Bowman … religious sister, civil rights advocate, candidate for sainthood NA Staff, Jun 18, 2020 / 03:00 am (CNA).- Sister Thea Bowman was the granddaughter of a slave, an advocate for racial justice, and the first African American woman to address the U.S. bishops’ conference. Two years ago, her sainthood cause was opened.
Pope adds three new invocations
Pope adds three new invocations to the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary 22 June 2020 /“Mater misericordiae”, the Latin for “Mother of mercy”; “Mater spei”, or “Mother of hope”; and “Solacium migrantium”, or “Solace of migrants” are the new invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto, which is often…
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Saturday after Corpus Christi Immaculate Heart of Mary In the 17th century, Saint John Eudes promoted devotion to the hearts of Jesus and Mary. He even composed an Office and Mass in honor of the Heart of Mary. It became a feast of the universal Church only in the 20th century and is celebrated on the day after…
World Refugee Day 2020
A refugee is someone who fled his or her home and country owing to “a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion”, according to the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention. Many refugees are in exile to escape the effects of natural or…
World Day Against Child Labour
World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12. The day is marked each year to highlight the barbaric practice of child labour. The theme this year is, ‘COVID-19 – Protect children from child labour now, more than ever”. According to figures available on the United Nations’ website, approximately 152 million children have been…
It all matters …
I first met Sister Desire’ in February 2019 when she agreed to be the subject of a long term personal project that I wanted to do about a woman who chooses to become a Catholic sister. I’ve been photographing Sister Desire’ off and on ever since then, documenting her life and work as a sister….