Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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Advent 3: God's Spirit Upon Us
God is counting on us to be that voice in this reading from Isaiah. The spirit of the Lord is upon me, all who are baptized and anointed with the Spirit. And She is calling us to bring good news to our world, our nation and our community. To comfort and help the victims of the hurricanes, the earthquakes, mass shootings, the extremism in Charlottesville, and the DACAs.
Advent 2: Becoming Fully Human
As followers of Jesus, we must do what God did: become fully human. We must identify with the lowest of the low, and adopt their causes as our own. During this time of Advent, a time of light in spite of darkness, our hope needs to be in one another and caring for each other.
Advent 1: Stay Awake!
The reality of Christmas is our call to directly confront white supremacy, to abolish an extractive and lethal energy system, and to end what Pope Francis calls an economy that kills; an unbridled capitalism that proliferates inequality and fuels the misdirected anxiety undergirding far-right nationalism.
Peneirei Fubá - Sifting Cornmeal, Part III : Laudato Si’
May a new ecology grow among us (cf. Laudato Si’, chapter IV) where people, nature and all of life at last can sing in the most perfect symphony to the Creator that made the earth his garden.
Peneirei Fubá - Sifting Cornmeal, Part II: Building Bridges
I believe that it is important for Call To Action members to know that US Catholics only make up 7% – 9% of the total membership of the Catholic church.
Reflection on Mark 1:1-20
The mythic set up is important, because Jesus is about to engage directly with demons and clash with the social elites–the opposing myth makers of the time.
Two reflection series to look for from new Executive Director Zach Johnson
As I deepen my understanding of this community, I’m reminded of bits and pieces of scripture from all over the Gospels. I’ll read Binding the Strong Man, by Ched Meyers.
Peneirei Fubá - Sifting Cornmeal (Part 1)
How can the church in the Global south serve as a source of inspiration, or even authority in Church Reform efforts in the United States?
CTA and the grammar of partnership
There are many ways that Call To Action is called to reflect on how leadership is structured in our community. Our community is committed to a lens of anti-racism and anti-oppression principles. How do we implement structures where the insights, ways of organizing activities, and ways of celebrating our common faith that are authentic to people of color have equal weight with the customs and practices of white Anglos ?