Our ESOL students started classes again last week. We are excited for another full cycle and are rooting for your success!

Today’s readings are about spiritual gifts given to individuals and generosity toward the community, topics not often discussed together. Read the full reflection here: faith-justice.org/their-gifts-ar…

"Like other idealistic young persons, I wondered...if the life I chose—being a Jesuit...was enough. Wasn’t it too comfortable, too predictable, too safe?" Read this week's The Weekly Word: faith-justice.org/we-cant-all-be…

Last week was Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birthday. The question can be asked, why remember him on the day he would have turned 155? I suggest three reasons (which certainly do not form the exhaustive list). Read this week's The Weekly Word here: faith-justice.org/gandhi-at-155/

Sunday’s reading is about money and the prestige and privilege it brings. Many people dream about wealth, even though it brings danger. Read the Sunday Reflection here: faith-justice.org/all-things-are…

Feelings are natural to us and it depends on how we react and what we do with our feelings that brings our greater human abilities into play. Read this week's The Weekly Word from Glastonbury Abbey's Father Timothy: faith-justice.org/noli-timere/

Because finding sources of authentic hope can help us to persevere in confusing and dangerous times, we will be using our blog space to report on where and how people are finding hope these days and how they are using hope to help themselves and others. faith-justice.org/doing-gods-wil…

Today’s The Weekly Word is a special edition that features the video and transcription of Father Peter’s last Mass on August 4, 2024 before his passing a few days later. We hope you find inspiration from his final words. faith-justice.org/what-does-it-m…

We have launched the search for a new Executive Director to lead A Faith That Does Justice. If you or someone you know inspires others to put their faith into action, we invite you to learn more, share this opportunity, or apply here: volunteermatch.org/search/opp3847…

On All Saint’s Day, November 1, the Church commemorates all the saints of God, both the living and the dead. Read this week's The Weekly Word here: faith-justice.org/all-saints-day…

We are in urgent need of teachers, teacher assistants, and Haitian Creole-speaking mentors to conduct in-person English classes for recently arrived migrants from Haiti. If you or someone you know is interested, send an email to [email protected].

This week on the blog, we are sharing the homily offered by Father Francis Clooney at Father Peter's funeral mass. We hope you find inspiration in his reflection of Father Peter's life and impact. faith-justice.org/the-funeral-ho…

Among the historical revolutions that have changed our lives, there is one that has affected Jews and Christians more than any other. It took place in Israel – God’s revelation as the one and only deity. Read the full Sunday Reflection here: faith-justice.org/the-love-comma…

"While we are not allowed to publicly enter into partisan politics, that does not mean we are forbidden to, or even discouraged from, speaking about political issues. Many political issues are moral issues." Read this week's The Weekly Word here: faith-justice.org/election-day-i…

The Scriptures tell us about two widows. One was a widow and single mom in a town outside the land of Israel in the ninth century BCE when the prophet Elijah was active. The other widow lived in Jesus’s Jerusalem. Read this week's Sunday Reflection here: faith-justice.org/two-widows/

My reasons for becoming a vegetarian were in the beginning contextual. I was a young Jesuit at the time...Read this week's The Weekly Word here: faith-justice.org/how-being-vege…

"He was attempting to live out the Gospel passage - Matthew 25 that we have all heard hundreds of times. We all know how it goes....naked – the corporal works of mercy. For me it was his active example that impressed me – deeds more than words." faith-justice.org/faith-compassi…

The language of the biblical books of Daniel and Mark can puzzle modern hears, for they seem to convey doom and gloom rather than joy and hope. Read this week's Spiritual Reflection here: faith-justice.org/the-coming-of-…

When the average Catholic engages with the Corporal Works of Mercy, there is one that can seem particularly daunting – visiting the imprisoned. Read this week's The Weekly Word here: faith-justice.org/walking-on-sac…

"I could be wrong but I have the feeling that most prayerful people don’t know much about lamenting." Read this week's The Weekly Word from Father Timothy on our website here: faith-justice.org/lets-lament