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The Sharpeville massacre, March 21 1960. South African police opened fire on protesters demonstrating against the law requiring them to carry passbooks. 69 were killed. Victory in the struggle seemed remote, but such a system could not last. Apartheid ended 34 years later.
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“We are all called to be saints,” #DorothyDay said. Here is an article I wrote on this: americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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“An excellent proposition.”
Dominican Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, considered by many as the father of liberation theology, said he thought the idea of naming St. Romero a doctor of the church was an "excellent" proposition. ncronline.org/news/people/th…
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Dorothy Day: Our #1 Women’s History Month Nominee catholiccharitiesny.org/blog…
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Twenty-two years ago Cardinal O'Connor convened a gathering of people who knew #DorothyDay to discuss her possible canonization. That is how long some of us have been working on this cause. We hope that within a year the work will be ready to submit to Rome.
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I didn’t know there was an #InternationalDayOfHappiness, nor that I had written the perfect book to celebrate. Now my joy will be complete. (Note: also available in print: amazon.com/gp/aw/d/038551566…
Celebrate #InternationalDayOfHappiness with a good #audiobook! We have "The Saints' Guide to Happiness: Practical Lessons in the Life of the Spirit." @RobertEllsberg regards saints as friends worth knowing as people who discovered that happiness & holiness are the same thing
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Judge Jeanine is rebuked by her own Fox network for Islamophobic statements. POTUS tells her to be strong and keep it up. “Be weak and die!” QAnon gets the message: “Stay strong patriots.”
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Use those 26 letters well. Make them count. Use them to express love, to fight injustice, to overcome hatred, to heal wounds, to spread beauty, to make the world better. Never too young to learn what those letters can do.
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While studying for the priesthood in Gaul he had a dream in which Irish voices, the voices of those who had stolen his youth, cried out to him to return and “walk once more among us.” In 432, now a bishop he returned to Ireland.
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Patrick played a critical role in establishing the church in Ireland. But he was first a victim of Irish injustice before ever becoming a symbol of Irish pride. His return to the site of his oppression to implant the reconciling seeds of his own faith deserves commemoration.
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The spiritual conquest of Ireland followed the prior victory of love over the anger and bitterness in his own heart. One way to defeat our enemies is to make them our friends. amazon.com/All-Saints-Reflec…
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“Christ be with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me...
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every one that hears me.”
—Prayer of St Patrick (389-461)
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