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The 'Weal at SFDS

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The Young Adult Ministry of SFDS + Commonweal Magazine have partnered to host the monthly ‘Weal get-together in Frank’s Cafe! Come hang out with staff from Commonweal Magazine, young friends from the Weal NYC group, and SFDS parishioners. We’ll engage in informal, classroom-style conversation on a variety of monthly topics.


December’s ‘Weal Topic:

the sin of racism and the need for a prophetic and pastoral response

Following the USCCB national letter on racism, “Open Wide our Hearts: The Enduring Call to love,” Bishop Seitz issued a supplemental letter from the borderland perspective and in light of the August massacre on Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, “Night will be no more.”

Additional resources: 

Confronting White Supremacy - Naming the Sin by John Gehring

Cruelty at the border - What I saw on the Bridge in El Paso by Griffin Oleynick

Borderlands and Barrios (Podcast Episode 19) - members of the Commonweal staff speak about what they witnessed during a recent visit to El Paso, Texas.

CONTACT:
Lydia Serrano–lydia@sfdsnyc.org
Milton Javier Bravo–milton@commonwealmagazine.org

Earlier Event: December 9
Training for New Eucharistic Ministers
Later Event: December 9
Catholic Initiation Meetup (RCIA)