Five Things To Remember On June 19

1. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the USCCB, responded to the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, with “grief and deep sadness,” June 19. He said the Catholic community “stands with all people who struggle for an end to racism and violence, in our families, in our places of worship, in our communities and in our world.”

2. The Fortnight For Freedom begins this Sunday. Learn more at Fortnight4Freedom.org.

3. Did you miss the press conference discussing the release of the encyclical "Laudato Si'" with Archbishop Kurtz and Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington? Watch it here:

4. Here are a number of resources to help you, your staff or friends discuss the encyclical and Church teachings on the environment.


5. God loves you.