January 5-11, 2020 is National Migration Week. This year, the theme is “Promoting a Church and a World for All.” The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has prepared a toolkit for use throughout the week. (It can still be used throughout the month, too!) It contains migration talking points, sample letters to the editor,[continue reading]
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Migrants in Rural New York
Not all immigrants entering the United States are settling along the southern border. Rather, they live throughout the country. In this blog, I want to focus on one particular group of struggling migrants: those who came the Northern Triangle of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, but are settling in the farmlands of New York. These[continue reading]
The Dangerous World of Electronic “Babysitters”
With the advent of personal electronic devices, we are becoming an imploded society. They are everywhere and used by younger and younger children. Recently, I heard about a mother who had to put controls on a cell phone being used by her four-year-old! I may be showing my age, but what in the world does a[continue reading]
Climate Change and Human Trafficking
As we listen to the nightly news, tune in on political debates, and read various publications, we can’t help but notice that climate change is a “hot” topic. Those studying climate change and its effects on the earth and its inhabitants are clearly sounding an alarm to all of us and urging each of us[continue reading]
Words Matter
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble.” – Yehuda Berg Everyday human beings[continue reading]