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Ida B Wells, d 3/25/1931. Born into slavery, as a journalist she carried on the struggle for freedom. In particular, she documented and exposed the practice of lynching, the ultimate form of white terrorism on the South. She herself risked that fate when a mob destroyed her press
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Most memorable person I met at #LACongress this year: Sr Norma Pimentel. Her reflections on meeting Christ among refugees at the border will stay with me.
Jesus asked the Samaritan woman, “If you only knew who was asking you for a drink.” If we only knew who the refugees are who are thirsting. We can only address their thirst when we have a thirst for justice that is just as strong.—Sr Norma Pimentel at #LACongress.
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Jesus asked the Samaritan woman, “If you only knew who was asking you for a drink.” If we only knew who the refugees are who are thirsting. We can only address their thirst when we have a thirst for justice that is just as strong.—Sr Norma Pimentel at #LACongress.
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Bestselling #LACongress book @OrbisBooks—once again: Fr Bryan Massingale, “Racial Justice and the Catholic Church.”
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Sorry to note this prayer has been mistakenly attributed to Romero: It was first presented by Cardinal Dearden in 1979, written for the Cardinal by then-Fr. Ken Untener (later bishop of Saginaw, MI. usccb.org/prayer-and-worship…
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March 24, the first feast day of SAINT Oscar Romero since his canonization last November. Here is a video based on my reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP / @SheenCenter . piped.video/W3ZW2dz4qdo via @YouTube
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“The problem is not that Jesus was a man but that more men are not like Jesus.”—Fr Bryan Massingale quoted Sr Elizabeth Johnson #LAcongress
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Sr Norma Pimentel, a courageous servant of migrants and refugees at the border. Honored to give her a copy of Pope Francis’ “A Stranger and You Welcomed Me.” @OrbisBooks #LAcongress
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Author Robert Lassalle-Klein, editor of new anthology of Fr Jon Sobrino, visits our booth @OrbisBooks #LACongress
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Amazing to find myself reminding people that tomorrow is the first official feast day of SAINT Oscar Romero. @OrbisBooks #LACongress
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“Any gospel that is not good news for the poor is not the gospel of Jesus Christ.” /- Fr Ron Rolheiser, #LACongress
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