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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 11h

women’s leadership has contributed to ruptures that were also caused by a combination of internal disagreements over the ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex marriage as well as more theological concepts such as biblical inerrancy.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 11h

But these first female leaders came at a cost. While no U.S. denomination has split solely over the question of women’s ordination or their consecration as bishops,

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A woman as archbishop of Canterbury will come at a cost. She may also bring more welcome change.

(RNS) — Mullally’s appointment is a landmark moment in a broader trend of women’s presence becoming gradually stronger in her denomination.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 13h

Faith is the ability to see beyond circumstances and limitations and to dig deeper to find the strength to do what must be done.

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From Starter Faith To Spiritual Warrior

I think most people, when they think about faith, think of it being a religious thing and often use the word as a noun, as in “My faith is such and such church”. But faith is so much more. You need not even be part of a certain religion to have faith. Faith is certainly spoken of and defined in various ways among many religions and most consider it integral and vital to their belief system. But faith is so much more! Faith is the ability to see beyond circumstances and limitations and to dig deeper to find the strength to do what must be done.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 14h

Join us for an inclusive Catholic Mass Sunday at 11AM.

Come be you and be loved! All are welcomed and celebrated!

For those unable to attend in person, please contact us to get on the mailing list to receive a zoom link.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 15h

In his thinking, Christ himself—the story of the Gospels—is the antidote to this pattern of destruction.

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 15h

he argued in his book The Scapegoat, communities and groups within society naturally look for someone upon whom blame can be laid. Girard wrote that this blame leads to violence, which in turn generates more violence in the manner of a meme spreading through society.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 15h

René Girard, the French Catholic philosopher and historian who died in 2015, warned that an environment like this has within it the seeds of violence. When troubles with no clear cause and no clear solution befall a society,

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The Gospel alternative to scapegoating and political violence

René Girard warned that the desire to assign blame can generate violence in the manner of a meme spreading through society.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 17h

They see obstacles and life problems as transformational opportunities—without which—they would never become who they need to be in order to be successful.

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 17h

People with a strong mindset handle obstacles in a very different way than other people.

And how they handle obstacles depends mostly on how they think about obstacles.

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Allow Obstacles to Transform You - lead you first

Share:FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailParker HoustonDr. Parker Houston is a licensed clinical psychologist and board-certified in organizational psychology. He is also certified in personal and executive coaching. Parker's personal mission is to share science-based principles of psychology and timeless spiritual practices, to help people improve the way they lead themselves, their families, and their organizations. *Opinions expressed are the […]

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 19h

#ThomasMerton #Beloved #JoinInTheCosmicDance

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#GospelofLuke #Beloved #WillYouFollowTheirExample

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Catholics and C.H.A. membership, she said, “believe that health care is a basic human right and everyone needs access in order to flourish.” C.H.A. represents more than 650 hospitals and 1,600 long-term care and other health facilities in all 50 states.

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Sister Haddad, the president and chief executive of the Catholic Health Association, said. “Both sides need to take responsibility here; it’s indicative of a government that is not working for us today.”

And from her perspective, the entire dispute seems a little beside the point.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Mary Haddad, R.S.M., does not want to join the blame game over the government shutdown, which entered day seven on Oct. 8. The gridlock in Washington is “reflective of a government that is not responding to the needs of the people,”

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After the government shutdown ends, will the U.S. be heading back to the future on health care?

Sister Mary Haddad, head of the Catholic Health Association, on the precarious state of U.S. health care—before and after the shutdown

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

“The church cannot remain silent” about the situation of migrants in the United States, Pope Leo said. According to Seitz, the pope made clear that he wants the Catholic bishops and the church in the United States “to be united” on this crucially important issue, which is a matter of human dignity.

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

“You stand with me, and I stand with you,” Pope Leo told El Paso’s Bishop Mark Seitz, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, when he met him and a U.S. delegation in the Vatican on Oct. 8.

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Pope Leo tells border bishop: The American church needs ‘to be united’ on migration

“You stand with me, and I stand with you,” Pope Leo told El Paso’s Bishop Mark Seitz, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ committee on migration, when he met him and a U.S. delegation in the Vatican today.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

no matter when you join us, be it this first session or many sessions down the road. We will begin with the framework of Centering Prayer, but will explore other ways to practice letting go to help everyone find a contemplative prayer method that works best for them.

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

We will be meeting on Wednesdays from now till the Wednesday before the parade. If you are not on the email list, but would like to join us, make sure to send us a message with your email so we can include you in all the planning!

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

We will be gathering to both explore the facets of contemplative prayer and sit in silence with each other in that practice. This will be ongoing and is intended to be very beginner-friendly,

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time again! Time to pick out our music, plan our t-shirt, make posters, and come up with a way to decorate the convertible! If you would like to get in on the planning or just find out what we plan to do, this is for you.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

Pride Parade Planning

Wednesday @ 6:30 PM

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

and we are simultaneously called to challenge unjust ideologies. The two imperatives are not opposed. We can seek to build bridges, while at the same time, we speak truth and work to bring about justice with compassion.

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

We must meet the needs of our neighbors, offering care and belonging, especially to those who are marginalized and vulnerable but also to those whose moral frameworks violate our principles—

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Love your neighbor—even if you don’t love their politics

Loving neighbors whose views we find abhorrent doesn't have to mean befriending them, but rather, respecting their fundamental dignity.

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Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

it reflects off something or passes through something. We see the effects of light, not light itself. We can see the contrast between dark and bright, shadow and clear, but what we see are the grades of absence of light: A shadow is a fuller absence of light than that which surrounds it.

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community @belovedcatholic.bsky.social · 1d

We take light for granted. It is hard to fully appreciate something we cannot see. None of us has ever seen light, and yet we have never seen anything in this world except by the gift of light. We only see light once

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Three images that can help us understand God's light

Discover how true sight comes not through light alone, but in God's light — where Scripture, art and the soul meet in divine illumination.

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