Wednesday, October 19, 2016073 While donation campaigns and charitable contributions for the needy are important, true Christian charity involves a more personal touch, Pope Francis said. Coming face to face with the poor may pose a challenge and tempt people to turn the other way and give in to "the habit of fleeing from needy people and not approach them or...
Monday, September 12, 2016097When Mary Immaculate Catholic School principal Matthew Krause heard one of his students was going blind, he and the Mary Immaculate community wasted no time wrapping their arms around then-seven-year-old Zach Thibodeaux and his family. As far as Krause was concerned, Thibodeaux was “our brother.”
Friday, September 9, 20160347For more than 30 years, Vanna Slaughter has directed the Immigration and Legal Services arm of Catholic Charities of Dallas, helping immigrants gain legal status and hope for a better future. Six years ago, however, her life changed forever. Slaughter's story is one of faith, courage and mercy.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015077“Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy,” the opening words of the Holy Father’s Bull Misericordiae Vultus, establishing the Jubilee Year of Mercy. ” Mercy the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness.”
