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PCMDC Remarks at TASSC Anti-Torture Vigil

Good afternoon sisters and brothers. My name is Alan Smigielski and I’m here with a number of others from Pax Christi Metro DC. We are the local chapter of Pax Christi, the international Catholic Peace movement.
As followers of the nonviolent Jesus, where else could we be but here today, standing with TASSC and saying “no” […]

It Is Love That I Desire

June 8, 2008
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
By Rev. Joe McCloskey, S.J.
Published courtesy of Your Daily Tripod, a service of Cursillo of the Arlington Diocese
It is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than holocausts. Hosea 6:6
“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and […]

Fire, Rain and Repentance at Catonsville

By Alan Smigielski
On this Sunday that our church celebrates the Holy Trinity, I had the great honor of gathering in Catonsville, Maryland with many long distance runners for peace and justice from across our region and country to reflect on our own trinity of fire, rain and repentance. We were there to celebrate and […]

Homily from Mass of the Resurrection for Tom Lewis

Delivered by Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
St. Francis Xavier Church
April 11, 2008

I have known Tom for more than twenty-five years. The last time we were together was almost six months ago when we spent a day reflecting on the Nonviolent Jesus and the implications of His Way of Nonviolent Love of friends and enemies. When I […]

Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent

Ezekiel 37:12-14 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26)

by Cathleen Crayton
An Ignatian prayer and reflection […]

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