by Jennie Murphy | Aug 1, 2023 | Monthly Reflection
World Youth Day is a technicolor, all-you-can-see buffet. There are flags from all over the world and people of so many different ethnicities. It’s beautiful. There’s just one color you don’t see: gray. It’s practically nonexistent in national flags, and World Youth...
by Jennie Murphy | Jul 5, 2023 | Monthly Reflection
We pray that Catholics may place the celebration of the Eucharist at the heart of their lives, transforming human relationships in a very deep way and opening to the encounter with God and all their brothers and sisters. I’m a husband, a dad, a son and a professor. At...
by Jennie Murphy | Jun 7, 2023 | Monthly Reflection
We pray that the international community may commit in a concrete way to ensuring the abolition of torture and guarantee support to victims and their families. Pope Francis invites us this month to focus our attention on the abolition of torture, imploring God to...
by Jennie Murphy | May 3, 2023 | Monthly Reflection
Church movements and groups are great to have. They beautifully create a sense of family, belonging, and identity on those who take part in them. Those who join Church movements and groups tend to appreciate family, belonging, and identity due to the natural bonding...
by Jennie Murphy | Apr 5, 2023 | Monthly Reflection
Years ago, I traveled with Catholic Relief Services on a solidarity visit to South Sudan, where I met young people affected by decades of violent conflict in their country. Willy, a young father, described the pain of separation from his family, who had...
