Deacon-structing The Cry of the Poor: part 2

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Deacon Pedro

Last week we learned that the Church loves the poor. We have what we call a “preferential option for the poor.” The Church has been very good at caring for the poor and the needy worldwide. So why did Cardinal Hummes of Brazil tell Cardinal Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, to “remember the poor”? Perhaps because […]

“The Pope’s economics message is hard to dismiss because the facts are so real,” says US economist

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

Point of View: Interpreting the Francis Effect is an S+L series that goes deeper into the questions surrounding the person and pontificate of Pope Francis. The series consists of a selection of the full interviews from S+L’s original documentary The Francis Effect. Find the full schedule for Season 2 of POV here. All new tonight: Charles Clark, PhD The highly […]

A Personal Experience of a Synod Father

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Salt + Light Media

By Most Reverend John Corriveau, OFM Cap. Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia Between 1994 and 2012, I was privileged to participate in five Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops. These five Synods touched a variety of challenges in the Church: Consecrated Life and its Role in the Church and the World (1994), Special Assembly for […]

Deacon-structing: The Word part 5

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Deacon Pedro

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing with you some of the content from a conference in homiletics that I recently attended as part of St. Augustine’s Seminary’s 100th anniversary celebrations (Read part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4). There are many ways to prepare a homily, but preaching experts agree […]