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Mission possible
Called to serve: from Chicago to Honduras
Trio will follow their faith to help orphans in Central America If there’s one thing Erika Myette isn’t looking forward to, it’s the creepy crawlies. The spiders and scorpions, to be exact. But Myette, her husband, Michael-John, and son, Michael, are looking forward to spending more than two years at a rural Honduran orphanage, the Farm of the Child.The Myettes and fellow Chicago resident Daniel Johnston will be part of a team of nine U.S. volunteers who will work in support of the children and their houseparents and teachers.
Changing face of mission work
When Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Maria Burke arrived in New Guinea in the 1970s, it was the end of the colonial era. Things were easier for missionaries then, she said, because most people did as the
missionaries—and their colonial rulers—told them to. But as less-developed countries became independent and the spirit of Vatican II took hold within the church, missionary life changed.
Young adults get faith primer
At a parish near you: Theology on Tap opens 23rd season
There are the stories of James and the Giant Peach. And Jack and the Beanstalk. But there’s also the tale of John and the Garbage Can. That John would be Father John Cusick, archdiocesan director of Young Adult Ministry and a resident at Old St. Patrick’s Church, who jump-started Theology on Tap’s 2004 season with his talk “Blessed
Observations - by Tom Sheridan
Where’s St. Christopher?
Trick question: In cabs, where does the most prayer take place? If you answered, “in the back seat” while careening through traffic, you could be wrong.. >
The Interview
Saving lives by changing social expectations
Gary Slutkin, Executive Director of Chicago Project to Prevent Violence:
For five years, the Chicago Project to Prevent Violence has been using a public health model aimed at changing behavior to try to reduce the number of shootings in selected Chicago-area neighborhoods. The program, known as Project CeaseFire, treats shootings like a public health problem rather than a law enforcement issue, and has achieved a consistent 45 percent drop in homicides in the neighborhoods they work in.. >
Bishop Conway
Unity and diversity
Around this civil holiday time of the year (July 4), especially during political nomination campaigns, the theme of unity and diversity is often sounded as the great underlying richness of our nation. In some aspects, of course, it is true that the ability of people from various ethnic, racial, religious and economic backgrounds to come together to form one government and one nation is pretty remarkable and an historical event. It requires sacrifice and a sense of commitment to the common good. We also know that too often when one of the elements in society uses its power to dominate others, the resulting product is tension, struggle and sometimes strife. The deeper the commitment is to the common good the more unlikely will such misuse of power be successful.
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