All Saints Parish Homilies and News

  Martha Hennessy shared the ongoing mission of Catholic Worker and some favorite stories about her famous grandmother. Report echo published in Aleteia by  Theresa Civantos Barber   Catholic Worker Nearly 100 years after Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin began the Catholic Worker — their mission of solidarity, service and community, and newspaper of the same name — the movement continues with a strong presence throughout the world and especially the U.S. Day’s granddaughter, Martha Hennessy, is an active leader with Catholic Worker today. She shared with Aleteia the ongoing mission of Catholic Worker as well as some of her favorite stories about her famous grandmother. Fond and funny memories:  Growing up as Dorothy Day’s granddaughter, she recalled moments of spiritual guidance and warm affection. Dorothy Day and the Holy Family of the Streets icon by Kelly Latimore.  “When I was 3, I recall sitting on her lap with my ear on her chest, feeling the presence of G...

For this Episcopal iconographer, migrants and refugees are ‘images of God in plain sight’ by  Egan Millard (published by Episcopal News Service in 2021 ) [Episcopal News Service] You may not know Kelly Latimore’s name, but if you’ve been active on any Christian social media pages in the past few years, you’ve probably seen his work . His modern take on the centuries-old tradition of iconography presents familiar biblical scenes in unexpected ways – such as a pietà scene with a fallen Jesus who looks like George Floyd – as well as saintly depictions of modern figures from Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Marsha P. Johnson . One of his most widely shared images – “La Sagrada Familia” – shows the Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family depicted as Latin American migrants. Painted the day after the 2016 presidential election, the icon went viral on social media and ende d up serving as the cover art for a collection of Pope Francis’ writings on welcoming migrants and refugees. That icon and o...

  While thousands of troops faced stiff Nazi resistance, priests were with them to offer spiritual care and moral support. Published in Aleteia by John Burger:  June 6th marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the beginning of the largest seaborne invasion in history, the Normandy Landing. Among the more than 351,000 men of the US, British, and Canadian militaries who would invade, chaplains sailed and parachuted in, providing spiritual care and moral support. There was Conventual Franciscan Friar Ignatius Maternowski, for example, a 32-year-old native of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Ordained just six years earlier, he was a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. The story of Franciscan Father Ignatius Maternowski (1912-1944) , the only American chaplain killed in the initial days of the invasion of Normandy 78 years ago, continues to gain momentum, especially in three ways: He received more honors when a new stained-glass window commemorating ...