Dcn Josh McD
@deacon-josh.bsky.social
Catholic Deacon; Jack-of-all-creative-trades: writer, artist, social justice enthusiast
Our latest Vermont Catholic Worker newsletter is an anticipation of an anticipation as we look forward to the start of Advent next week!
CW 11.23.2025.pdf
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November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our latest Vermont Catholic Worker newsletter is an anticipation of an anticipation as we look forward to the start of Advent next week!
Issue #5 of the Vermont Catholic Worker Newsletter is now available online. Check it out!
CW 11.09.2025.pdf
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November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Issue #5 of the Vermont Catholic Worker Newsletter is now available online. Check it out!
One Church, One Family: Faith Communities Across the U.S. Unite to Stand with Migrants vtcatholicworker.org/2025/11/01/o...
One Church, One Family: Faith Communities Across the U.S. Unite to Stand with Migrants
The Vermont Catholic Worker joins with Vermont Faith Communities for Immigration Justice, and other Catholic organizations across the country, to launch the One Church, One Family: Catholic Public …
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November 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
One Church, One Family: Faith Communities Across the U.S. Unite to Stand with Migrants vtcatholicworker.org/2025/11/01/o...
The latest issue of the Vermont Catholic Worker Newsletter includes some initial reaction to Pope Leo's recent Apostolic Exhortation, "Dilexi Te"
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October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The latest issue of the Vermont Catholic Worker Newsletter includes some initial reaction to Pope Leo's recent Apostolic Exhortation, "Dilexi Te"
Earlier in the week was the third anniversary of my ordination. Which means this weekend represents a liturgical full-circle; in the Church's three-year liturgical cycle, this weekend's readings are the same as the first time I preached at Mass. So my homily this weekend is part new, part recycled.
Beggars and Choosers
Homily for Sunday, October 12, 2025: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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October 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Earlier in the week was the third anniversary of my ordination. Which means this weekend represents a liturgical full-circle; in the Church's three-year liturgical cycle, this weekend's readings are the same as the first time I preached at Mass. So my homily this weekend is part new, part recycled.
The Vermont Catholic Worker newsletter #3 is now available online at the link:
CW 10.12.2025.pdf
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October 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The Vermont Catholic Worker newsletter #3 is now available online at the link:
A meditation for the Feast of Saint Francis
Saint Francis and the Wolf
A Meditation for the Feast of Saint Francis
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October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A meditation for the Feast of Saint Francis
Homily for Sunday, September 28, 2025: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mind the Gap
Homily for Sunday, September 28, 2025: Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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September 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Homily for Sunday, September 28, 2025: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Check out Issue #2 of our Vermont Catholic Worker newsletter
CW 09.28.2025.pdf
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September 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Check out Issue #2 of our Vermont Catholic Worker newsletter
Reflection for World Day of Peace: September 21, 2025
No to War!
A Reflection for World Day of Peace: September 21, 2025
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September 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Reflection for World Day of Peace: September 21, 2025
My homily for Sunday, September 14, 2025: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Crumbs of Humanity
Homily for Sunday, September 14, 2025: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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September 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My homily for Sunday, September 14, 2025: Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
This Labor Day we, a small group of Vermont Catholics, are kicking off an exciting new venture! Check out our inaugural newsletter. drive.google.com/file/d/1YlmE...
September 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This Labor Day we, a small group of Vermont Catholics, are kicking off an exciting new venture! Check out our inaugural newsletter. drive.google.com/file/d/1YlmE...
I still maintain that if "America the Beautiful" is a liturgically appropriate song for Fourth of July weekend, our closing hymn for Labor Day weekend should be "Solidarity Forever"
August 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I still maintain that if "America the Beautiful" is a liturgically appropriate song for Fourth of July weekend, our closing hymn for Labor Day weekend should be "Solidarity Forever"
Bishop John McDermott of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington in Vermont has put out a new pastoral letter on immigrants and migrants
Pastoral Letter: Immigrants and Migrants - Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington
lire en français leer en español August 22, 2025 Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary This link between migration and hope is clearly evident in many contemporary experiences of migration. […]
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August 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Bishop John McDermott of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington in Vermont has put out a new pastoral letter on immigrants and migrants
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President Trump says he want to enter heaven. As a Catholic priest, I take that seriously.
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President Trump says he want to enter heaven. As a Catholic priest, I take that seriously.
“I want to try and get to heaven, if possible,” President Trump told Fox News. Here’s Father James Martin on how any of us get there.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
President Trump says he want to enter heaven. As a Catholic priest, I take that seriously.
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Remember, Francis said, "The Son of God came into this world as a homeless person. The Son of God knew what it was to start life without a roof over his head."
Compare the dystopian episode unfolding in D.C. today with a day in the same city in 2015, when Pope Francis had lunch with homeless people and reminded us, "The Son of God came into this world as a homeless person."
The homeless being targeted in DC are the very vision of Jesus in our midst
Compare the dystopian episode unfolding in D.C. today with a day in the same city in 2015, when Pope Francis had lunch with homeless people and reminded us, "The Son of God came into this world as a h...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Remember, Francis said, "The Son of God came into this world as a homeless person. The Son of God knew what it was to start life without a roof over his head."
I mean I can't speak for anyone else but I'm ready
I am getting the impression that liberation theology and especially Gustav Gutierrez has moved from fringe to centre stage in the Vatican. If this is happening then are we ready for that? Are we ready for the Catholic Church being part of the movement for liberation and against oppression?
August 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I mean I can't speak for anyone else but I'm ready
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The tradition of Catholic social teaching is vital, amid the rise of Christian nationalism in the Trump administration.
For that reason, we're launching 'The Counterpoint' — a new podcast series on Catholic social teaching in our current moment:
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For that reason, we're launching 'The Counterpoint' — a new podcast series on Catholic social teaching in our current moment:
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The Counterweight: Reclaiming Catholic Social Teaching
As we confront the political, social, and spiritual challenges brought on by the second Trump administration, the moment seems right for a clear examination of Catholic social teaching.
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July 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The tradition of Catholic social teaching is vital, amid the rise of Christian nationalism in the Trump administration.
For that reason, we're launching 'The Counterpoint' — a new podcast series on Catholic social teaching in our current moment:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/coun...
For that reason, we're launching 'The Counterpoint' — a new podcast series on Catholic social teaching in our current moment:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/coun...
Homily for Sunday, July 27, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Thy Kingdom Come
Homily for Sunday, July 27, 2025: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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July 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Homily for Sunday, July 27, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
My homily for Sunday, July 13, 2025: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Homily for Sunday, July 13, 2025: 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time
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July 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My homily for Sunday, July 13, 2025: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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"As a prophetic Church in a corrupt and unjust world, we cannot be quiet." #SaintOscarRomero
July 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"As a prophetic Church in a corrupt and unjust world, we cannot be quiet." #SaintOscarRomero
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For Independence Day, a flashback to a very different moment in American history, 10 years ago ...
'All political activity must serve the good of the human person' - Deacon Greg Kandra
This is a good moment to re-read the address of
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July 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
For Independence Day, a flashback to a very different moment in American history, 10 years ago ...
This is mor or less exactly my response whenever anyone suggests we should have a cry room in the church.
We should have rooms for adults who feel fussy about children making noise at Mass, rather than rooms for the children. The adults can have a window to see what's happening, or a speaker to hear what's going on.
June 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is mor or less exactly my response whenever anyone suggests we should have a cry room in the church.
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Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.
June 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.
My homily for the Feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday, June 22nd.
Like the Dewfall
Homily for Sunday, June 22, 2025; Corpus Christi, Year C
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June 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
My homily for the Feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday, June 22nd.