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by bcadmin | May 28, 2021 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Bishop Shelton Fabre, George Floyd, Interviews, lead, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism | 0 |
A year after George Floyd’s death brought racial injustice to the forefront of American society, Bishop Shelton Fabre hopes it will continue to act as a watershed moment for race relations in America and serve as a catalyst for conversation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 21, 2021 | Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Bishop Michael Burbidge, Church in the US, lead, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism | 0 |
When Cardinal Wilton Gregory was Archbishop of Atlanta, he remembers a time a pastor asked if it was OK to address issues of race from the pulpit, to which he answered, “of course you can, and not only can you, you must.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2020 | Diocese of Green Bay, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism, universal call to holiness, Universal Church, US bishops | 0 |
Open Wide Our Hearts was developed by Peter Weiss for the Diocese of Green Bay, WI.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2020 | George Floyd, Local News, MCC webinar, Minnesota Catholic Conference, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism | 0 |
George Floyd’s May 25 death sparked international conversation about racial inequity and injustice. Questions about race and identity — and the ability in the United States for people to live together in peace and with justice as a racially diverse nation — remain at the forefront of the public discussion, said Jason Adkins, executive director and general counsel of the Minnesota Catholic Conference.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 9, 2020 | Church in the US, Diocese of Biloxi, Diocese of Jackson, lead, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism, Thea Bowman, USCCB | 0 |
Pointing to the late Sister Thea Bowman as an “icon of hope,” the bishops of both Mississippi dioceses have pledged to “liberate the Church from the evil of racism that severely compromises our mission.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 26, 2020 | Boston College, Church in the US, lead, Lumen Christi, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racism, University of Chicago | 0 |
Two prominent Catholic legal scholars say despite its checkered past on race, the Catholic Church can be a transformative force on race relations in the United States.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 17, 2020 | anti-racism, Association of Catholic Publishers, Bishop Pates, Bishop Richard Pates, Catholic Church, Church in the US, George Floyd, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Racial justice, Racism | 0 |
As the spotlight remained firmly fixed on racial injustice for a third consecutive week in the United States, Catholic institutions began to take anti-racist action in familiar areas for Catholics: Prayer and education. During a June 13 livestreamed “Virtual Ecumenical Rally for Racial Justice” convened by Bishop Richard E. Pates,
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 11, 2020 | 2020, African-American, Are These Not My People?, black, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, George Floyd, identity politics, individualism, News, Open Wide Our Hearts, Police, Racial justice, Racism, repentance of Nineveh, riots, sin of Cain, Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, USCCB | 0 |
Stephen White: A problem with dialog about race is that we want to have things both ways: to heal as one without accepting any responsibility for a whole.
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