Office for Social Ministry “Lord of Life, you have given us the gift of water, source of fruitfulness, freshness and hope. It quenches thirst, nourishes the earth and heals wounds.” (Pope Leo XIV, September 2026 prayer intention video) Surrounded by the vast blue Pacific and the healing waters of Hawaii, we are constantly reminded of […]
Talk Story: Helping ‘even just one’ person in need
Office for Social Ministry “For this 112th World Day, the theme, ‘Even just one of these children,’ draws our attention to the minors directly involved in the experience of migration and flight, to the care owed to them, and to the Lord’s promise that ‘whoever receives one such child in my name receives me’” (Mk […]
Talk Story: ‘Even just one of these children’
Office for Social Ministry “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” (Mt 18:5) In the bright light of Easter, when the church proclaims that life has overcome death, we are invited to look more closely at where that new life is most fragile — and most revealing. This year, Pope Leo XIV […]
Talk story: Pope urges us to walk with and support migrants
Office for Social Ministry “Open our eyes and our hearts so that every encounter with those in need becomes an encounter with Jesus, your son and our Lord.” (Pope Francis, 2024 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Sept. 29) One focus in the 2024 U.S. election is immigration’s impact not only on border states but […]
Talk story: ‘Encounter’ opens minds, hearts to migrants’ plight
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “God not only walks with his people, but also within them, in the sense that he identifies himself with men and women on their journey through history, particularly with the least, the poor and the marginalized.” (Pope Francis’ message to the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2024) “God walks […]