Faith communities urge U.S. to resettle more Syrian refugees
Church World Service (CWS), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and other faith communities are urging the U.S. government to resettle 100,000 Syrian refu...
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Some Thoughts on the Confederate Flag Issue
I am a living historian and portray a Federal Chaplain assigned to the 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of the famed Irish Brigade. I do not glorify war bu...
Some Thoughts in the Aftermath of Charleston
How do you begin to try and make sense out of something that is so senseless? Where do you start? I usually begin with prayer but today I am finding the words...
It’s Not Just about the Numbers
Recently, the Pew Research Forum released a study concerning the religious landscape in America. The results are sobering for those of us in church work and re...
The Lone Walk of the Massachusetts Governor
On January 3, 1884 Massachusetts Governor Benjamin Butler left his office in the Massachusetts State House for the last time and began a tradition that has come...
Text of Joint Declaration Signed by Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch
Vatican City, November 30, 2014 (Zenit.org) | Here below is the Vatican-provided text of the joint declaration signed by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch B...
Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day, 2014
THANKSGIVING DAY, 2014 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Thanksgiving Day ...
Violence in America
I have not watched much of the coverage of the violence in Ferguson Missouri and other cities around the country. On Tuesday I waited for the announcement of t...
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation
June 20, 1676 “The Holy God having by a long and Continual Series of his Afflictive dispensations in and by the present Warr with the Heathen Natives of t...
1783 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By His EXCELLENCY John Hancock, Esq. GOVERNOR of the COMMONWEALTH of Massachusetts. A PROCLAMATION, For a Day of Public Thanksgiv...