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“La Mano Poderosa”
Editor’s Note: In her first FMS blog post, DCSC volunteer Cecilia Gillis reflects on a religious sculpture called “La Mano Poderosa” and describes how it relates to faith, community, and service. The Casa this year is full of museum lovers, and one Saturday in September, several of us ventured downtown to the Smithsonian American Art…
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“Blackberry Picking”: St. Francis would love it
Continuing our series Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples, full-time volunteer Michael Carlson writes about his experience reading Seamus Heaney’s poetry with St. Francis in mind. Reading Annemarie’s writings this week about the Eucharist and creation (another post is coming tomorrow!) reminded me of one of my favorite poets, Seamus Heaney. Every…
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Maybe We Need To Be A Little More Like Thomas
“The Incredulity of Thomas” by Matthias Stom, public domain St. Thomas the Apostle gets a bad rap for doubting Jesus’ resurrection by saying, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” But before we…
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