By Maria Covarrubias

 With great anticipation, we are preparing to participate in the 8th World Meeting of Families (WMOF) to be held in Philadelphia from September 22-27. 

By Kathleen Estrella

 Catechetical formation is an indispensable experience of the Sacraments of Initiation. One of those Sacraments is Confirmation, a sign of witness and mission. This is the sacrament in which the Holy Spirit gives special strength to the recipient with the accompanying obligation to bear witness to the Gospel in word and deed. 

By Maria G. Covarrubias

 On June 18 the new encyclical from Pope Francis was released. Laudato Si which literally means “Be praised.” In this encyclical Pope Francis addresses the care of our common home “the Earth.”  He talks about the risks we need to take to save our human race and our planet. One cannot separate ecology from economies, or economies from ethics, or ethics from politics. “Everything is connected,” Pope Francis writes at several points in the encyclical. He also asks a main question to all of us: What kind of a world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are growing up? 

By Maria G. Covarrubias

 As Roman Catholics, “we believe that we are bound to our community by our primal story of the Paschal Mystery which is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.” The Paschal Mystery is the focal point of our faith. The Paschal Mystery defines, shapes and heals us as a faith community.