Religious Education - Children
Catechist BlogThe Possibility of Being a Saint
Few of us would consider ourselves Saints. We hesitate to call ourselves disciples of Jesus. When we think of saints, we think often think of individuals who were in some form, super human. Without faults or sins. The story of Matthew should tell us that just maybe...
Peru has the Highest Covid Death Rate
According to an article from BBC on-line on June 1, 2021 - Peru has the highest Covid death rate as a proportion of population in the world. The official death toll is more than 180,000, in a country of less than 33 million people. Why is Peru having such high numbers...
Peru’s Fragile Democracy in Peril
Mary Anastasia O'Grady Wall Street Journal Guerrillas slaughtered 16 people in a south-central Peruvian village in May. The BBC reported “the bodies had bullet holes” according to a local official, and some, “including those of two children, had been burned.” The...
From the Pastor
From our Pastor It would seem that with many here in Northern Virginia having received the vaccine and the news that children may soon be able to receive the vaccine, there may be some light at the end of this dark tunnel called COVID. It is good to see more and more...
The Transitus of St. Francis
In Western Christianity, the Transitus (translation from Ecclesiastical Latin: crossing or passing over) refers to “the time of passage through death to life”. The Christian theologian German Martinez writes that: “The idea of death in the Latin transitus … represents...
Pandemic Driven Hunger
Pandemic-driven hunger is making the world more unequal Anthony Faiola, Washington Post July 12, 2021 LIMA, Peru — Worsening inequality, as poorer people and nations lose years of gains in the battle against hunger and poverty, is likely to be one of the lasting...
Life in Our Sister Parish
Who does not remember the impact by the Covid pandemic on food security here in the United States. The evening news had stories nightly. And this was in the United States. Life in our Sister Parish - Lima Peru The impact of the pandemic was particularly hard on the...
Let your light shine!
You have a flashlight and you walk into a darkroom. Do you immediately shut off your flashlight? Of course not! You use the flashlight to see in the darkness. Jesus gives us this practical or everyday wisdom in today’s Gospel: “No one who lights a lamp conceals it...
Francis of Assisi – Military Adventures
Much of Francis’ youth had been spent as an apprentice in his father’s cloth business by day and as playboy by night – a time that the older Francis refers to as “When I was in sin.” At the same time, the intrigue and rivalry of imperial and papal politics swirled...
Francis of Assisi – the Young Man
The first article of the series about St. Francis essentially proposed that what most people think they know about St. Francis of Assisi is a very limited and romanticized version of the “poor man from Assisi.” Such versions often emphasize the Francis who loves...