Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community
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This is a community of Roman Catholic believers dedicated to full inclusion of all who come seeking to belong, to worship, to serve and be fed. We are progressive in nature and strive to model a church that is void of the patriarchy and power dynamics.
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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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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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This is how the birth of Jesus came about: Miriam consented to be the Mother of God, at the same time consenting to the risk of a dangerous scandal. Joseph, being male in a world of men, could have chosen
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The Scandalous Genealogy Of Christ
The women mentioned in this genealogy are all women who did something scandalous, or had something scandalous done to them...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is how the birth of Jesus came about: Miriam consented to be the Mother of God, at the same time consenting to the risk of a dangerous scandal. Joseph, being male in a world of men, could have chosen
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In nonviolent struggle, creativity is an enduring superpower — and we’ve seen it working powerfully for us in 2025. It broke through the stranglehold of fear. It helped us scrape past defeat by the seat of our pants.
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Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines — creative action was off the charts in 2025
In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.
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December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In nonviolent struggle, creativity is an enduring superpower — and we’ve seen it working powerfully for us in 2025. It broke through the stranglehold of fear. It helped us scrape past defeat by the seat of our pants.
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Teach me
how to wait
without growing bitter.
How to hope
without demanding answers
on my own timeline.
How to trust
that You are still at work,
even when progress feels
stalled or hidden.
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how to wait
without growing bitter.
How to hope
without demanding answers
on my own timeline.
How to trust
that You are still at work,
even when progress feels
stalled or hidden.
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Prayer from the Still Space Between Years
Divine One,as this year comes to a close,I pause to be with Youin that still space betweenwhat has beenand what is yet to come.I bring Youthe year behind me,with all its joys and sorrows,clarity and confusion.When I look back,I see thatsometimes I was steadyand sometimes I was not.I see thatanytime I slowed down,anytime I dared to breatheand listen,I found you waiting for me.The Church this yearfelt much like my own heart,hopeful in places,heavy in others.It began as the Jubilee Year of Hope.The
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December 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Teach me
how to wait
without growing bitter.
How to hope
without demanding answers
on my own timeline.
How to trust
that You are still at work,
even when progress feels
stalled or hidden.
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how to wait
without growing bitter.
How to hope
without demanding answers
on my own timeline.
How to trust
that You are still at work,
even when progress feels
stalled or hidden.
tinyl.co/49rb
For you who have been followers of Jesus Christ for a long time, maybe the pain and suffering of this world and the darkness you have had to live through this past year has gotten you down to the point of complete and utter discouragement.
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Have You Lost The Wonder Of Christmas?
Have you lost the wonder of Christmas? Do you fear you will never get it back? I grew up in the dark ages in the last century before computers and the
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December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For you who have been followers of Jesus Christ for a long time, maybe the pain and suffering of this world and the darkness you have had to live through this past year has gotten you down to the point of complete and utter discouragement.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
By adopting forms familiar from imperial birth legends and filling them with radically different content, the gospel writers offer a theological critique of empire. They portray Jesus as the genuine bringer of salvation,
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Virgin Birth As Critique Of Complicity With Empire
The scientific impossibility of a virgin birth often distracts us from the political point that the author of Matthew’s gospel was making.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
By adopting forms familiar from imperial birth legends and filling them with radically different content, the gospel writers offer a theological critique of empire. They portray Jesus as the genuine bringer of salvation,
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In Andrew Carnegie’s gospel, the announcement of the angels at Jesus’ birth–”peace on earth, among men good will”–will be brought to fruition finally by the shrewd stewardship of the illustrious elite. These superior men of wealth,
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Why Dickens' True Christmas Lesson Is Community, Not Charity
Ebenezer Scrooge’s infamous “decrease the surplus population” finds a chilling echo on Fox & Friends. This Christmas, rediscover Dickens’ real message: redemption lies not in charity, but in true community.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In Andrew Carnegie’s gospel, the announcement of the angels at Jesus’ birth–”peace on earth, among men good will”–will be brought to fruition finally by the shrewd stewardship of the illustrious elite. These superior men of wealth,
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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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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.
www.facebook.com/share/1ZXKWe...
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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.
www.facebook.com/share/1ZXKWe...
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.
www.facebook.com/share/1ZXKWe...
The more we let our hearts grow full of love, the more likely tears will emerge, as we will be more in tune with our own emotions. We will know we should not try to suppress them.
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Navigating Emotions: The Gift Of Tears In The Spiritual Life
The gift of tears is not about the tears, but the wisdom and compassion which emerges with our spiritual development.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The more we let our hearts grow full of love, the more likely tears will emerge, as we will be more in tune with our own emotions. We will know we should not try to suppress them.
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Tucked away in a quiet corner of Bethlehem, God answered that message with a Child wrapped not in abundance, but in humility. There were no glittering packages or decorated aisles and no frantic countdown clocks anywhere.
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Put Christ Back In Christmas: Return To The Manger
This Christmas, choose simplicity, worship, and a renewed focus on Jesus. Discover practical ways to return your heart to the manger and keep Christ at the center.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Bethlehem, God answered that message with a Child wrapped not in abundance, but in humility. There were no glittering packages or decorated aisles and no frantic countdown clocks anywhere.
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A warm welcome to everyone who joined our page in the last week.
If you would like to join us for our weekly gathering (in person or via zoom) or get on our email list for more information about what is happening, please message us!
If you would like to join us for our weekly gathering (in person or via zoom) or get on our email list for more information about what is happening, please message us!
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A warm welcome to everyone who joined our page in the last week.
If you would like to join us for our weekly gathering (in person or via zoom) or get on our email list for more information about what is happening, please message us!
If you would like to join us for our weekly gathering (in person or via zoom) or get on our email list for more information about what is happening, please message us!
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We gathered on this feast of the Holy Family to celebrate our families, in all their messy complexity and the love that weaves them together.
After mass, we gathered for snacks and told stories of those messy families
After mass, we gathered for snacks and told stories of those messy families
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
We gathered on this feast of the Holy Family to celebrate our families, in all their messy complexity and the love that weaves them together.
After mass, we gathered for snacks and told stories of those messy families
After mass, we gathered for snacks and told stories of those messy families
Faith leaders and religious advocates in New Jersey are calling for accountability and compassion following the death of a 41-year-old Haitian man after a reported medical emergency while he was detained at Delaney Hall,
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Faith leaders and religious advocates in New Jersey are calling for accountability and compassion following the death of a 41-year-old Haitian man after a reported medical emergency while he was detained at Delaney Hall,
Any who would hate the strangers that come to live among them, anyone who thinks they can establish borders as absolute barriers, undermine the work of Christ in the world,
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Borders And Humanity: The Duty To Support Migrants
Borders are human constructs, and they should not be used to deny people their rights, like the right to migration.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Any who would hate the strangers that come to live among them, anyone who thinks they can establish borders as absolute barriers, undermine the work of Christ in the world,
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Therefore, we can read the the Genesis myth, in it presentation of the fall of humanity, as indicating something which not only happened in the distant past, but something which happens every day of our lives.
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Genesis And The Ongoing Struggle With Good And Evil
The tree of knowledge of good and evil is something which we continue to consume from today so long as we embrace the way of hate.
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December 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Therefore, we can read the the Genesis myth, in it presentation of the fall of humanity, as indicating something which not only happened in the distant past, but something which happens every day of our lives.
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We are at a crossroads. There are some basics the human race has never learned (and, sadly, that includes Christians), but we must learn now. The most fundamental principle is perhaps best expressed in the Buddhist saying: “Do no harm.”
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What child is this? - U.S. Catholic
Christmas Day of the year of the Lord 2000. Two thousand years of the reality of the Incarnation of God in human flesh, the coming of the holy into our midst, the poor son of Mary and her husband, Joseph, son of God and son of Man, firstborn of all creation.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are at a crossroads. There are some basics the human race has never learned (and, sadly, that includes Christians), but we must learn now. The most fundamental principle is perhaps best expressed in the Buddhist saying: “Do no harm.”
uscatholic.org/articles/200...
uscatholic.org/articles/200...
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul describes an alternative to such shallow relationships. Paul calls the community to clothe themselves, with compassion, kindness, humility and more.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In his letter to the Colossians, Paul describes an alternative to such shallow relationships. Paul calls the community to clothe themselves, with compassion, kindness, humility and more.
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Jesus was human and divine, and he entered humanity through the love of a family. The family was the simple way that God showed us that He wanted his Son to experience humanness. The Creator wanted the family to model for Jesus,
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Feast of the Holy Family: Dec 28, 2025
Kathleen Brown reflects on the readings for Feast of the Holy Family. Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 | Colossians 3:12-17 | Mt 2:13-15, 19-23
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December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Jesus was human and divine, and he entered humanity through the love of a family. The family was the simple way that God showed us that He wanted his Son to experience humanness. The Creator wanted the family to model for Jesus,
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How you honor the Holy Family, this Sunday, has little to do with venerating statues or images, or uttering flowery things about idealized, abstract family life.
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A reflection for Dec. 21, 2025, the 4th Sunday of Advent
Rebecca Bratten Weiss, offers a reflection for the Feast of the Holy Family, December 28 year A in the Roman missal: Welcome the Holy Family
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December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How you honor the Holy Family, this Sunday, has little to do with venerating statues or images, or uttering flowery things about idealized, abstract family life.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM