Stephanie Block

Standing on Two Feet? Does the USCCB get Social Justice?

For years, Catholic educators have used the visual of two footprints to explain the difference between two kinds of charitable works, that is, the traditional “works of mercy” and what is, in some places, called “social justice.” This latter work is explained in different ways, depending on the degree of fidelity given material has to…

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A Book That Tells the Tales of Immigrants, Traditions, and the Help of the Blessed Mother

Using antique statues of the Blessed Mother as windows into the eras of their creation, Nancy Murray has written a compelling history of the beautiful, historic city of St Augustine. The delicate, classically crafted Nuestra Señora de La Leche y Buen Parto (Our Lady of the Milk and Happy Delivery) midwifed the city’s founding under…

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A Commentary on the U.S. Catholic Conference

A Commentary on the U.S. Catholic Conference I. IntroductionII. National Religious Partnership for the EnvironmentA. NRPE BackgroundB. NRPE PartnersC. NRPE WorkIII. Environmental Activities Directly Produced by USCCA. USCC Department of Social Justice and World PeaceB. Environmental Justice ProgramIV Environmental Activities and Programs Supported Indirectly through USCC-Associated OrganizationsA. CCHDB. Other Educational MaterialsV Conclusions Part IThe EnvironmentBy…

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The Underground Call to Action

Forum Focus: Winter 1999 (Vol. XII, No. 1) Stephanie Block If internal heresy were likened to a disease, how might one image its progressive assault against the Body of Christ? Its errors embed themselves within the members of diocesan staff and in parish leadership, from where they spread through polluted catechesis, workshops, and homilies. The…

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