By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger
A national listing of Church-relevant events honoring the life and legacy of the African-American martyr slain for the cause of civil rights.
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Catholic church, school destroyed in Pacific Palisades wildfire
by Timothy J. Burger | Earthbeat (NCR)
The photo on the website of Corpus Christi Church told the story. A shell of a building silhouetted against a fiery, smoky sky with the message, “I have no words. Our beautiful church in Pacific Palisades, as of this morning.”
God’s Delight in Our Life’s Mission
By Victor Cancino, S.J. | America the Jesuit Review
At the end of the Christmas season, we come full circle with this Sunday’s Gospel. Just a few weeks past, on the Third Sunday of Advent, the church read this same passage with hopeful expectation for the coming messiah. “The people were filled,” says Luke, “with expectation and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Christ” (Lk 3:15). The focus then was on anticipation, on the ancient promise that stirred the heart in a certain direction, on a profound longing. On this Sunday’s feast, the Baptism of the Lord, the same reading directs our attention not to anticipation but to fulfillment, to the one who has already arrived on the scene, the Christ whom the Father calls “my beloved Son.” In this Sunday’s Gospel passage, Jesus finds his mission confirmed in God’s delight. Christians today have the privilege of undertaking that same mission with Jesus.
Fellow bishops welcome Cardinal McElroy’s appointment to Washington Archdiocese
By Gina Christian | Detroit Catholic
(OSV News) ─ A number of fellow prelates are offering their congratulations to Cardinal Robert W. McElroy on his appointment to the Archdiocese of Washington, an influential see that is home to the White House, Congress, and numerous lobbying and nonprofit organizations.
Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia announces new plan: ‘We must prioritize resources and support for evangelization’
PHILADELPHIA — Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in countering declining numbers both of faithful and of active priests in an archdiocese he has long called home.