One Church One Family: Catholic Public Witness for Immigrants in Philadelphia
By Mary Vanderhoof (Photo Credit: Jay Sorgi, CatholicPhilly.com) “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens….a time to be silent, and a time to speak.” Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 7 I have been to several protests in the past year, all of them peaceful but raucous and noisy. […]
Pope Leo’s Dilexi Te and Caring for the Poor
When the world waited in anticipation for the announcement of our new Pope, I, like so many others, thought, “There’s no way it’ll be an American.” So when it was—an American, and an Augustinian at that—I was stunned. I had studied theology and pastoral ministry at Villanova, where Fr. Art Purcaro, a close friend of […]
From Vision to Action: Goodfaith’s Work with Catholic High Schools at Notre Dame
Earlier this summer, Goodfaith’s Stephanie Peddicord spent a week on campus at the University of Notre Dame as part of Vision, a flagship summer institute hosted by the McGrath Institute for Church Life. Vision brings together high school students, college mentors, and pastoral leaders for a week of formation grounded in theology, community, and Catholic […]
