Being Catholic on Indigenous Peoples’ Day: We need to do more
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Being Catholic on Indigenous Peoples’ Day: We need to do more

In hope, in prayer, we find ourselves here … I sang these words with a chorus of climate and Indigenous activists on a humid June morning in front of the White House. In hope, in prayer. The words became a refuge, an embodied cry that gave me courage as my timid self stood steady, as…

Prayer of Mixed Emotions after the Conviction of Derek Chauvin
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Prayer of Mixed Emotions after the Conviction of Derek Chauvin

Lord of Mixed Emotions, thank you for knowing. Thank you for knowing where we hurt, what we fear, what we dread, and what makes us sing. It’s a strange day, Lord, the day after many of your children sighed deep sighs of relief, and cried out to you with gratitude — thank you for being…