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Christmas with Catholic Charities Alaska and “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914”
On this Christmas edition of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the works of Catholic Charities in Alaska and “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914.” Lisa Aquino is the Executive Director of Catholic Social Services of Alaska, the social services arm of the Archdiocese of Anchorage. Lisa – who was born and raised in Alaska, shares a bit about the work of Catholic Social Services of Alaska, and how they assist the vulnerable – the homeless, the hungry, and immigrants and refugees – in one of the Northern-most Dioceses in the country. Peter Rothstein is the Founding Artistic Director of Theatre Latte Da and the Creator and…
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O Antiphons
From December 17 through the 24th the introductions to various parts of the liturgy for each day include a specific antiphon with a title for God drawn from the Scriptures. Each addresses God, beginning with the address “O,” hence referred to as the “O” antiphons. These medieval antiphons form a wonderful series of Advent meditations. Added below each title is a contemporary reflection on each title. Some of the medievalists pointed out an interesting acrostic. The first letters of the Latin titles spell out the words: Ero cras. – So on Christmas Eve, the praying believer gets God’s response: “Tomorrow. I will be there.” KS We will be publishing one…
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Potential for a Peace-Filled Future & Remembering the Significance of Mary on the Immaculate Conception Feast Day
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about peace in the world and Mary’s role throughout Advent. Michelle Breslauer is the Director of North American Operations for the Institute of Economics and Peace, a think tank dedicated to creating a paradigm shift in the way that the world thinks about peace using data-driven research to show that peace is a positive, tangible and achievable measure of human well-being and development. During this week that we commemorate the 77th Anniversary of the United States entering the Second World War with the bombing of the United States Navy Fleet there by the then Empire of Japan, Michelle talks…
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Thank you: A Message of Hope and Gratitude
As we exit Thanksgiving time and the world around us enters into Christmas festivities, I draw your attention to Advent, a season marked preeminently by hope, and expectation – virtues and values that even our Christian tradition has a difficult time holding onto. Our Catholic Charities work is the incarnation of the virtue of hope. While each Catholic Charities agency has its own, the overall tagline of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New York is “providing help and creating hope.” Our work has little meaning unless it brings hope to those in need. Is not a major part of our work convincing those who approach us for help to…
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George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
My Brief, yet Memorable Encounter with Human Decency and Respect I had the privilege of meeting President George H.W. Bush in person once. It was brief, by accident, and had nothing to do with any of the broad range of public policy issues in which he was involved during his varied and long tenure of public service. It occurred at the end of May, 1993, about four months after he left office. I was meeting with Cardinal John Joseph O’Connor at the cardinal’s Madison Avenue residence when the doorbell rang. A minute or so later, President George H.W. Bush was standing at the doorway of the room where Cardinal O’Connor…
