Five things to know
January 4, 2013
2. On Facebook? The Poverty USA Facebook page posts stories about U.S. poverty and what communities are doing in response. http://www.facebook.com/povertyusa
3. The Church celebrates St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, first native-born American saint today. A convert from Catholicism, Elizabeth Bayley Seton became Catholic after the death of her husband and founded the Sisters of Charity in 1809. She founded a girls’ school in Baltimore and is considered the founder of the parochial school system.
4. Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory addressed civility in the Cardinal Bernardin lecture at the University of South Carolina in Columbia Nov. 5. He listed five rules for civil discourse [1] Respect the other person whose views you deeply disagree with; the person deserves respect even as you seek to persuade him or her of another perspective; [2] Recognize that a good argument is composed of two things – some agreement and then some differences; we can address our differences more effectively if we find that some common ground exists among us; [3] Use as much factual data as we can identify — let the facts speak for themselves wherever possible; [4] Understand that disagreements about values are the hardest hurdles – the facts can take us only so far. Do not duck the values arguments but enter them with a sense of civility; [5] Keep before ourselves a sense of and commitment to the common good as well as our personal interests. http://www.archatl.com/archbishops/gregory/writings/2012/abgbernardinlectureuniveritysouthcarolina.pdf
It was Mark Gray from the Center
for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) who estimates that there will be about
100 million Catholics in U.S. by mid-century. http://blogs.thearda.com/trend/featured/counting-catholics-church-of-immigrants-poised-for-growth/
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