The Big Squeeze

Posted by coc on Wed, Jul 23, 2008

By: Bob Stewart

Book Review - In 2008, twenty-two years after the bishops provided a moral framework
for evaluating the economy, Steven Greenhouse, a labor and workplace
correspondent for the New York Times since 1995, has provided us a
report card on the economy and how it measures up to the standard of
protecting the dignity of the human person.

Analyzing the 2008 Food Crisis

Posted by efj on Wed, Jul 2, 2008

By: Bill Griffin, CFX
Source: Center of Concern

World Food Crisis- The Center of Concern's Education for Justice project has prepared a resource designed to provide a clear overview of the current food crisis and the conflicting economic forces at work behind the scenes.

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The Deserts are Growing...

Posted by coc on Mon, Apr 28, 2008

By: Theresa Polk
Source: Center of Concern

"The external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have become so vast," asserted Pope Benedict XVI in his inaugural homily. The brokenness of our relationship with the natural world, as evidenced among other concerns by global warming, the extinction of species, polluted air and waterways, and soil depletion, reflects back to us the brokenness of our relationships within the human family.

Sixth Sunday of Easter, Cycle A

Posted by ef on Fri, Apr 18, 2008

By: John Bucki, SJ
Source: Center of Concern

Sixth Sunday of
Easter [a]

April
27, 2008

Readings

Acts 8:5-8, 14-17

1 Peter 3:15-18

John 14:15-21

Calendar

April
27: Orthodox Easter

May
1: Feast of the Ascension (Depending on the diocese)

May
1: Usually the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker;
International Workers' Day

May
3: World Press Freedom Day

Quotes

If you do not hope, you will not
find what is beyond your hopes.

justice