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Michael Bayer
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"Above all, the prophets remind us of the moral state of a people: Few are guilty, but all are responsible." - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
While Dean of Cornell Law, Peñalver helped establish the Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic, providing legal aid to both documented and undocumented immigrants.

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Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic - Cornell Law School
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October 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
As President of Seattle University, new Georgetown President Peñalver referred to climate change as an "existential threat" and committed the university to take concrete action based on Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si'

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Deepening Our Leadership on Sustainability and Environmental Justice
As I said in my remarks at inauguration in September, the existential threat that is climate change is one of the three great challenges we face as a society.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Few have ever embodied the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi as did Fr. Mychal Judge.

He gave winter coats to people living on the streets.
He ministered to individuals suffering from AIDS.
He campaigned for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace..."
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Pacem in Terris remains—sadly—deeply relevant today, and it is well worth meditating on how it might form our collective national conscience in the U.S. about issues like war, poverty, economic development, human rights, and the arms race.

www.vatican.va/content/john...
Pacem in Terris (April, 11 1963)
Encyclical, Pacem in Terris, John XXIII, social doctrine, worker question, social, politics, peace, human rights, aid for women
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August 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Nuclear weapons must be banned," wrote Pope John XXIII in his sweeping, prophetic encyclical, Pacem in Terris ("Peace on Earth") in 1963.

Like many of the bishops attending the Second Vatican Council, Pope John had seen war firsthand, serving as a chaplain in WWI.

www.vatican.va/content/john...
August 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I will happily send you baked treats

Also, I am going to begin trying this "sharing is caring" strategy with my Jesuit friends who post about woodworking projects
November 18, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Really hoping they find a way to work Simon the Devious in one last time
November 16, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Glad you're here!
November 14, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Glad you're here!
November 14, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Thanks for putting this together -- didn't realize so many folks had joined!
November 14, 2024 at 4:40 PM
It is important—necessary even—to step away from the doom scrolling and draw strength from those who carried the work of justice forward during dark times.
November 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I've only been on here for a few days, but honestly I cannot recommend it enough.
November 12, 2024 at 11:48 PM