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Author chronicles ups and downs of Cristo Rey high school network
Julie BourbonPUTTING EDUCATION TO WORK: HOW CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOLS ARE TRANSFORMING URBAN EDUCATION By Megan Sweas Published by HarperOne, $24.99You probably don't know Miguel Rios or Veronica Flores...
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Author pushes back against Christians''passive bystanding'
Julie BourbonBEYOND APATHY: A THEOLOGY FOR BYSTANDERS By Elisabeth T. Vasko Published by Fortress Press, $29Elisabeth T. Vasko's challenging text, Beyond Apathy: A Theology for Bystanders, makes the...
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A challenge to welcome immigrants
Julie BourbonU.S. CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION: WILL THE CHURCH RISE TO THE CHALLENGE? By Donald Kerwin, with Breana George Published by Lateran University Press, $16.95 As the...
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Author chronicles ups and downs of Cristo Rey high school network
Julie BourbonPUTTING EDUCATION TO WORK: HOW CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOLS ARE TRANSFORMING URBAN EDUCATION By Megan Sweas Published by HarperOne, $24.99You probably don't know Miguel Rios or Veronica Flores...
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Author pushes back against Christians''passive bystanding'
Julie BourbonBEYOND APATHY: A THEOLOGY FOR BYSTANDERS By Elisabeth T. Vasko Published by Fortress Press, $29Elisabeth T. Vasko's challenging text, Beyond Apathy: A Theology for Bystanders, makes the...
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A challenge to welcome immigrants
Julie BourbonU.S. CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION: WILL THE CHURCH RISE TO THE CHALLENGE? By Donald Kerwin, with Breana George Published by Lateran University Press, $16.95 As the...
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Book can help untie the knots of conflict
Julie BourbonREDEEMING CONFLICT: 12 HABITS FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS By Ann M. Garrido Published by Ave Maria Press, 288 pages, $15.95 Those who are not leaders in Christian communities of any sort...
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Guide offers ways to make life a little bit holier
Julie BourbonTHE CATHOLIC CATALOGUE: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE DAILY ACTS THAT MAKE UP A CATHOLIC LIFE By Melissa Musick and Anna Keating Published by Image, 432 pages, $25Thoughtful Catholics looking to...
View ArticleUtah wraps its arms around refugees
Julie Bourbon National Migration Week is Jan. 8-14: In Utah, a culture of encounter has been created, where multiple agencies and churches come together to resettle people from more than 20 countries.
View ArticleConference examines clash between US culture, Catholic social teaching
Julie Bourbon Washington Church and labor leaders, including Bishop Robert McElroy and Cardinal Sean O'Malley, discussed consumerism, workers' rights and other issues at the conference "Erroneous...
View ArticleCapital punishment is in decline
Julie Bourbon The numbers: Capital punishment in the United States is on life support, hanging on in the 2 percent of counties that administer more than half of all executions.
View ArticleNonprofits step up to offer legal advice to immigrants
Julie Bourbon South Arlington, Va. South Arlington, Virginia -- The diocesan Catholic Charities, the Legal Aid Justice Center, and Ayuda held the recent consultation clinic on a Saturday in an...
View ArticleCircle of Protection to keep up budget fight for low-income families
Julie Bourbon Federal budget: A $1.1 trillion spending bill has maintained or increased funding for some of the ecumenical group's priorities, keeping poverty and hunger in the conversation -- for now.
View ArticleReligious leaders fast to protest steep budget cuts for the poor
Julie Bourbon Updated: About a dozen religious leaders from major denominations and groups are fasting in response to the release of the Trump Administration's FY2018 budget proposal.
View ArticleExperts discuss just war theory and cyber attacks
Julie Bourbon Washington Measuring how to respond to a cyber attack that disrupts national security, alters elections or causes loss of life is more complicated than deciding to use force against...
View ArticleFaith coalition takes a stand against gun violence
Julie Bourbon Washington A coalition of 55 religious groups, Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, commemorates the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting and the two-year anniversary...
View ArticleCircle of Protection condemns Trump's budget proposal
Julie Bourbon Washington, D.C. Federal budget: While the national debt needs addressing, "the most vulnerable should not carry the burden of solving this challenge," says statement from ecumenical...
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Capitol Hill prayer vigil draws attention to Puerto Rico's disaster relief needs
González.JPG Puerto Rico Archbishop Roberto González at a prayer vigil for Puerto Rico held in a congressional office building Dec. 20. (NCR Photo/Julie Bourbon) Washington– About two dozen people...
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Faith groups support act protecting providers that refuse to offer abortion
Washington, D.C. 20170926T1703-0950-CNS-USCCB-SENATE-HEALTH-CARE.jpg The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington Sept. 26, 2017. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) Catholic and other faith groups are pursuing legal...
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Study asks: Why are young Catholics going, going, gone?
Baltimore 20171031T1250-0033-CNS-ENCUENTRO-REGIONAL-VIRGINIA crop.jpg Young people stand during a daylong regional encuentro Oct. 28, 2017, at Herndon Middle School in Herndon, Virginia. (CNS/Tyler...
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