Pride & learning: Gender definitions aren’t black & white
Understanding that gender occurs over a spectrum calls us to a more inclusive approach that respects each person’s dignity and rights.
Author: Roz Parr
Living with Pride in Honduras: A celebration and a call for justice
Pride month in Honduras, beyond the celebration, remains an act of resistance, remembrance and demand for change. The LGBTIQ+ community continues to fight to live with dignity and freedom and without fear in a country that still owes them justice and full recognition.
With personal stories & hard questions, book builds bridges of understanding
“Cornerstones: Sacred Stories of LGBTQ+ Employees in Catholic Institutions,” edited by Ish Ruiz and Mark Guevarra and published last year by New Ways Ministry, is an anthology of personal narratives.
Healing Earth and Each Other: A Philippines Indigenous Story
New Pontiff Has Connections with Mercy
Laudato Si’ and Sanctuary Farm Philadelphia
Growing towards Beloved Community
Catherine McAuley Center Food Pantry
In harmony with all creation
In the beautiful tropical forests of northwestern Panama, Sister Edith González and I have walked alongside the Ngäbe inidigenous people embracing the Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy and the call of Pope Francis to care for the earth.
A letter to Pope Francis
Building an interfaith community to put Laudato Si’ into action
It began with an email in early 2015 from a local community organizer, a member of the Disciples of Christ, with whom I’d worked over the years. It posed the question: “How are you Catholics getting ready for the Pope’s encyclical on the environment?”