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Tend to Your Gardens
During Lent, let the remedies of prayer, fasting and almsgiving weed out the pests
What’s most important in life? Well, God revealed that in the Book of Genesis in the Bible.
God created a healthy and balanced environment meant to produce and sustain life without ever coming to an end.
Into that health and balance, God introduced man and woman and instructed them to benefit from the surroundings in which they found themselves, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.”
Opening Doors, Changing Lives
Catholic Charities New Hampshire delves into affordable housing
By Daniel Sarch
Jeff Lefkovich grew up in public housing in the Boston area, but never really felt comfortable talking about it until recently. However, his experience helped inform why those projects are important.
Now, as the Executive Director of Real Estate and Housing Development for Catholic Charities New Hampshire (CCNH), he has dedicated the last five years to pursuing affordable housing projects, including the most recent addition, Vose Farm Residences in Peterborough.
What Does ‘Womb to Tomb’ Mean to the Church?
Q: Dear Father Francis, I am very familiar with the Church’s teaching on abortion, but I recently heard that the Church’s pro-life stance extends from “womb to tomb.” What does this mean?
A: Dear Friends, this is one of those expressions that sounds pithy and even elegant. However, it needs a deeper exploration.
When the Church teaches that its commitment to life extends from “womb to tomb,” it is far richer than a mere slogan. It describes an entire way of seeing the world.
At the heart of this teaching is the conviction that every person is created in the image of God and held in His care through every moment of their existence.
This conviction should shape not only how we speak about life, but how we live, pray, choose and relate to one another.
St. Catherine of Siena Teaches Us to Listen, Act and Trust in God
Have you ever woken from a dream and spent the whole day wondering what it meant — was it a warning, a fantasy or just your brain on overdrive? St. Catherine of Siena could relate to a similar wonder. She spent her life discerning God’s voice in visions and interior conversations with Christ, showing us how to listen carefully when God tries to get our attention.
Finding God in Silence
Every Catholic beseeches God for answers to life’s most complex questions.
We ask for guidance when making difficult decisions, and we pray for outcomes we cannot achieve without help.
We have all felt the disappointment of not having our prayers answered — at least not in the way we wish. Sometimes, perhaps, we do not want to hear God’s answers, but what are we to make of the times when we cry out and God responds with silence?
‘It Can’t Happen Here’
What eugenics and the lessons of history show us about today
Last year, during a debate in the New Hampshire House of Representatives on a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide (PAS) for people thought to have less than six months left to live, one of the bill’s sponsors argued that there was no risk of any “slippery slope” because such a law would never be expanded in the future.
“We’ve come a long way since Buck v. Bell,” he said.
Therein lies an important tale.
Check out the Finding Communion podcast where Rosemary Ford, the editor of Parable magazine and Robert Dunn, the director of Public Policy for the Diocese of Manchester discuss politics, the Eucharist and the common good, expanding on themes readers will see in the latest editions of Parable.
Cultivating the Garden as God Intended
It wasn’t the spilled milk, the potty-training accident or even the wrangling of three littles into snowsuits that undid me. It was the subtle belief that if I could manage things a little more efficiently — if they could be quieter so I could read, sleep longer so I could finish my prayer and interrupt me less so I could complete my workout — then things would feel more in control. Then I would be more calm, more patient, more prayerful and more at peace.
Second Session of Special Needs Week Starts at Camp Fatima this Summer
By Katie Lovett
Ask anyone who has been to summer camp. There’s nothing quite like those long lazy days filled with swimming, friends, games and endless adventures.
Tucked away in Gilmanton, this classic scene plays out at Camp Fatima throughout the summer, but it doesn’t always look exactly how you might expect.
Quieting the Mind, Being with God
There is something about sound that speaks most clearly in silence.
It comes alive when the constant noise of the world falls away and the quiet notes of the day — no longer drowned out by busyness — begin to play their hymn.
