"Whoever wishes to come after Me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me...."

  In the news...

• "....On this Labor Day, then, let us give thanks to God present to us in the Eucharist as we toil for our heavenly reward.  Let us give thanks for the human vocation to work, and strive to make our businesses, our communities, our nation, and our world places where the human person can fully thrive.  And let us give thanks, finally, for the opportunity to encounter Christ present in those in need, along with the great gifts that come in demonstrating care and concern for our most vulnerable brothers and sisters, including those experiencing great poverty in the area of work.  May we all earnestly seek to adopt God's 'gaze of love' as our own, to envision and make real a world of work restored 'in deed and in truth'" (Most Reverend Frank J. Dewane, USCCB Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, 9/4/17).
   
• Philadelphia Archdiocese setting up special collection for Harvey victims (Delco Times, 8/30/17)

• "Only a few structures still stand in this nearly abandoned borough 62 miles northeast of Harrisburg [i.e., Centralia]. Even fewer are visible through the tree cover from the top of an adjacent mountain overlooking what was once a thriving community.  The most notable and recognizable structure is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, with bright blue domes that rise out of the foliage on the side of the mountain. Though all but seven of the town’s residents relocated because of the continuing fire in the anthracite coal mine beneath its surface, the church continues to serve a successful and thriving parish...." (CatholicPhilly, 8/30/17) 

• Free to Serve (USCCB, 8/29/17) 

• Princeton sponsors Planned Parenthood event, pro-life students are outraged (LifeSite, 8/28/17)
  

• Why hasn't the Trump administration dropped the HHS mandate? (CNA, 8/24/17)

• U.S. Bishops Establish New Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism (USCCB, 8/23/17)
  

• USCCB Migration Chairman Deeply Disappointed by Administration’s Decision to Terminate the Central American Minors Parole Program (USCCB, 8/21/17)
• STAND IN SUPPORT OF DREAMers (USCCB)
  

• Saint Peter's University Hospital "Advance Directive for Health Care" could foster the impression that Catholic medical ethics are merely a set of sectarian idiosyncrasies (8/20/17)

•  "....I wish to reaffirm that 'our shared response may be articulated by four verbs: to welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate'...." (Pope Francis, Message for the 1/4/18 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees [1/14/2018], 8/15/17) 

• Petition from Italy on mandated vaccines to protect religious rights (Children of God for Life, 8/14/17)
  
  
• What's happening with the English translation of the Vatican's Charter for Health Care Workers? (8/13/17)

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