Lectionary Reflection

Fourth Sunday of Lent [a] March 26, 2017

Fourth Sunday of Lent [a] March 26, 2017   In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that...
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Lectionary Reflection

Palm Sunday [a] April 9, 2017

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion [a] April 9, 2017   In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social...
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Lectionary Reflection

Fifth Sunday of Lent [a] April 2, 2017

Fifth Sunday of Lent [a] April 2, 2017   In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that...
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Lectionary Reflection

Good Friday [a] April 14, 2017

Good Friday [a] April 14, 2017   In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that accompany...
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Second Sunday of Easter [a] April 23, 2017

Second Sunday of Easter [a] April 23, 2017 In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that accompany...
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Lectionary Reflection

Easter Sunday [a] April 16, 2017

Easter Sunday [a] April 16, 2017 In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that accompany climate...
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Lectionary Reflection

Holy Thursday [a] April 13, 2017

Holy Thursday [a] April 13, 2017   In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that accompany...
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Lectionary Reflection

Third Sunday of Easter [a] April 30, 2017

Third Sunday of Easter [a] April 30, 2017 In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices that accompany...
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Lectionary Reflection

Easter Vigil – Holy Saturday [a] April 15, 2017

Easter Vigil – Holy Saturday April 15, 2017   In his encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for urgent action to address environmental degradation and the social injustices...
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Prayer

Prayer for the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio

This prayer commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio in 2017, and uses words and phrases from Pope Paul VI’s seminal encyclical originally published on March 26, 1967.
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Creative Voice

Pope Francis’s 2017 Lenten Message

This artistic reflection is based on the text of Pope Francis’s 2017 Lenten Message:  “The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift.” Pope Francis focuses his Lenten message on the story of...
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Reflection

Reflection: CST and SDGs: Climate Action

Both the Sustainable Development Goals and Catholic social teaching stress the importance of caring for the natural environment and ending human-caused climate change. In addition to the reflection,...
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