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Moments of Mercy Come Through Everyday Conversations for Traveling Missionary

LAUREN ROACH CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF I sat down with Joe Livaudais inside a Dunkin Donuts. The orange walls barely warmed the room from the October chill, but the coffee shop was buzzing with downtown Milwaukee residents and students filing in for their afternoon caffeine fill. As Livaudais raised a small Divine Mercy prayer card for […]
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Herald of Hope: Pilgrimage Follows Jesus’ Footsteps

HERALD OF HOPE BISHOP JAMES T. SCHUERMAN Last month, I had the privilege of being part of Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki’s Holy Land pilgrimage, “In the Footsteps of Jesus” (Oct. 21-30). We traveled to Nazareth, Cana, Capernaum, Magdala, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, among other places. We visited the sites where Jesus preached the Good News, taught […]
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The Legacy of Black Catholics in the American Catholic Church

FESSAHAYE MEBRAHTU SPECIAL TO THE CATHOLIC HERALD The late Fr. Cyprian Davis, OSB, author of “The History of Black Catholics in the United States” dates the presence of Black Catholics in Florida to 1565, more than 200 years before independence. Black Catholics in the USA teach us faithfulness, and endurance against all odds. We are […]
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Religious Sisters Fight Human Trafficking on Global Scale

COLLEEN JURKIEWICZ CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF Over the past two decades, the “a-ha” moment has happened in different ways and at different times for different people — but gradually, it’s happened for us all. Law enforcement, legislators, social workers and members of the American public alike have all come to realize two important truths when it […]
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Laity the Key to Environmental Justice

COLLEEN JURKIEWICZ CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF It’s the first rule of physics: an object remains in a uniform state of motion unless that state is changed by an external force. For many Christians, that external force is mission work. “You don’t know what your reality is until you’ve been out of it,” said Dr. Eric Boos, […]
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Sister Cecilia Joy Kugel Brings Videography Skills to the Sisterhood

LAUREN ROACH CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF As a high school student, Sr. Cecilia Joy Kugel figured the “Sr.” prefix would one day find its way to the front of her name. But then she fell in love with media. She determined she could serve God most through a media career— not religious life. So after graduation, […]
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Herald of Hope: Harvesting the Fruits- Ecumenical Conversations

BISHOP RICHARD J. SKLBA HERALD OF HOPE Back in 2009, Cardinal Walter Kasper, past president of the Vatican’s Secretariat for promoting Christian Unity, wrote a fascinating and encouraging book entitled “Harvesting the Fruits.” Having shared and studied the many international ecumenical dialogues of Rome with major Christian Churches throughout the world, Cardinal Kasper was able […]
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