Mission Update
United States
MESSAGE TO THE HUMAN FAMILY
The Family of God, CAM 3, COMLA 8
The Gift of the Holy Spirit
to Humanity
The Third American Missionary
Congress (CAM 3, COMLA 8),
took place in Quito, Ecuador,
known as the Center of the
World. This event brought to-
gether women and men disciples
from the ends of the earth in a
Paschal feast celebrating Gods
passing through the midst of the
People of God. The Congress
gathered a portion of the human
family, united in their passion for
mission in the world.
We are the Church in America
and we want to feel the heart-
beat of the world. We have lis-
tened and we have learned. Our
understanding of the message of
the Gospel has grown broader
and universal; our tent has been
enlarged. The Holy Spirit has
inspired us to stand in unity and
to share our faith with Asia, Af-
rica, Europe and Oceana, to work
together for the Reign of God.
We have seen the missionary
community come to life, a com-
munity at once one and universal,
a community for all of humanity.
In this Congress, as in a conti-
nental Upper Room, we have felt
the force of the Holy Spirit who
has given the Church the gifts
and charisms to spread the Good
News of salvation to each person,
and especially to those who do
not know Christ or who have
forgotten him. We have been
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sent to the ends of the earth. 1
Once again, we have experienced
Pentecost, a Church, a commu-
nity of disciples, gathered with
Mary our Mother, reborn and
sent again to all the earth. We
celebrate the experience of unity
that the Spirit has fomented
among us in the diversity of peo-
ples, races and cultures. United
in the midst of a fragmented
world, we have created a unity
that courageously lives what it
also proclaims and gathers up the
fragments, creating multiple ex-
periences of communion in our
world.
We are a pilgrim church, born in
the mission of the Son and the
Holy Spirit, following the plan of
the Father, a sign of love in ac-
tion. We are radical disciples,
attentive to the crucible of our
reality and ready to respond with
tenderness, love and action so
that our prophecy will be credi-
ble.
Easter Discipleship begins with
love of Jesus and the experi-
ence of the Spirit
Discipleship begins with the love
US Catholic Mission Association
Fall 2008
We Pray
That
In this month
of Jesus who calls, and in the
love of the disciple moved to dedicated to the
make the commitment to join Missions every
Him in the adventure of mission.
Christian community
The disciple assumes a lifestyle
that is provocative and counter- may feel the
cultural, ready to become small
and poor like Jesus. Such disci-
need to share
pleship springs from Jesus capti- in the Churchs
vating questions: Do you love
universal
me more than these? Are you
willing to follow me, dedicating mission with
your life to the cause of the King- prayers,
dom? We discover that Jesus
sacrifices and
has called us with an impressive
authority and freedom. material help.
We learn to be disciples of Jesus Benedict XVI
in his quiet baptism in the midst
In This Issue
of the people. We learn from his
tenderness and compassion for Message to the Human 1
others, from his way of touching Family
the heart and communicating the
Good News of liberation. We From the Director 2
become entranced by the beauty
of his transfigured face and its
From the President 2
reflection in human dignity. We
learn to see human plans and
concepts in the light of God, to Book Reviews 4
love the salvation that brings
humanization and life in abun- Platform for the Common Center
dance. From Jesus we learn how Good
to pray, suffer and love, contem-
plating his crucified body and by Cam 3All American 5, 6
standing with todays victims. Mission Congress Collage
We become disciples who savor
joy, beauty and resurrection.
USCMA Conference 7
We want to be disciples, con-
stantly listening and learning Orbis Books 8
with faithful, adventurous crea-
tivity. We want to follow Jesus, Resources & Upcoming 8
Events
contd on p. 3
Mission Update
From the Director
Rev. Michael Montoya, MJ
The more we follow what is happening
around us, the stronger is the challenge for
us missioners to continue proclaiming the
Good News. How does one do it in the
midst of the financial crisis that is hitting
hard even our own organizations and reli-
gious communities? How does one pro-
claim the Good News in the midst of the
burning of Christians and Christian
Churches in Orissa, India? How does one
journey with a sense of hope knowing our
own planet is in peril? How can one pro-
claim hope in the midst of poverty and
food shortages resulting in riots and vio-
lence all over the world? How can one
speak of a journey of hope in the midst of
this global migration phenomenon that
puts lives at risk and separates family
members? It seems like we have more
questions than answers. And I am sure that
you can add more to the list I have pre-
sented above. Missioners, on a journey of
hope, we are challenged to focus our eyes
on where God is calling us at this point of
our history. Now, more than ever, we are
called to a journey of hope that is based
not simply on human optimism or human
promises but on a God who faithfully calls
us to discipleship.
And what a year to be made aware of these
things the year of Mission! This year, it
seems like everyone is talking about mis-
sion and the importance of mission in the
life of the Church. We all know that this
year is a Jubilee year in honor of Paul the
Apostle, missionary par excellence. In the
US Church, we are celebrating 100 years
of having been officially called to send
missioners throughout the world. In
October this year, the Synod of Bishops in
Rome will talk about the Word of God and
the Mission of the Church. And just re-
cently in Ecuador, the great continental
mission which echoes the desire of the
Aparecida meeting of the Bishops of Latin
America and the Caribbean to put the
Church in a permanent state of mission
was launched. In a gathering that brought
together 3000 delegates from the North,
Central and South America in one Mission
Congress with a challenge to listen, learn
and proclaim, the 52 delegates from the
US have experienced a vibrant Church in
mission. We are happy to share with you
the final message from the Congress in this
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Mission Update.
November is election month for us in the
US. Surely many of you have been follow-
ing the Presidential Debate. Beyond rhetoric
and promises, as missioners we need to
engage with our global perspectives and put
a human face to many of the issues that are
presented before us. Beyond political punch
lines and partisan slogans, the Catholic
Social Teachings and the Scriptures allow
us to sift through the muddling of issues
presented before us. Together with many
national organizations, ratified by a delega-
tion of 800 people from all over the country,
we present to you the Platform for the Com-
mon Good as our Periodic Paper. We do
hope that this tool will help us to decide
beyond simple party affiliations and con-
sider the voice of faith-filled citizens. Let
this be our agenda as we look into the elec-
tions. Let this agenda be our candidate. Let
us help promote this platform.
Our Mission Conference in Baltimore
Mission: A Journey of Hope is indeed
very timely, given all the issues with which
we are confronted. We do hope you are
joining us. There is still time to register.
You may go to www.uscatholicmission.org
to register online. Looking at the list of par-
ticipants, plus the quality of speakers, I
think this Mission Conference will once
again be engaging and truly exciting!
Lastly, we would like to wish Charlotte
Cook all the best as she goes back to Kenya.
Charlotte has been the Associate Director of
USCMA for the past 4 years. She has been a
valuable member of the staff. Many of you
have known her. We thank her for her dedi-
cation to the work of USCMA. Blessings to
your new endeavor, Charlotte! You will be
missed.
USCMA Staff
Rev. Michael Montoya, MJ, Executive Director
Ms. Charlotte Cook, Associate Director
Sr. Anne Louise Von Hoene, MMS, Accountant
Sr. Michael Theresa Brauer, SND de N,
Administrative Assistant
Questions/Comments re: Meetings & Conferences
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From the President of the Board:
Sr. Mary McGlone, CSJ
In other parts of the Mission Update, you will
find references to CAM 3, COMLA 8, that
took place in Quito in August. Our U.S. delega-
tion of about 50 people had a good number of
USCMA members in it. What an experience!
Trying to describe it, I commented that it was
characterized by charismatic excitement and
Latin American spirituality and theology - with
the full participation of 3000 people, young, old
and in-between.
These congresses began in 1977, when Mexico
hosted the first Latin American Mission Con-
gress (COMLA). Since then, every five years
has seen another, the last three of which have
included the U.S. and Canada, thus being called
the Congreso Americano Misionero.
One of the most impressive things about this
last conference was the preparation that most of
the countries had done. Before the delegations
were chosen, dioceses and regions had held
local mission congresses which then fed into
national mission congresses - all looking to-
ward CAM 3. The degree of organization was
amazing - and matched only by the enthusiasm
of those groups as they participated and made
plans to take the results back to their home
countries.
At the closing ceremony, participants were
mandated to inaugurate the "Continental Mis-
sion," called for by the Fifth Conference of
Latin American bishops at Aparecida, Brazil.
Latin America is on fire for mission!
I feel very challenged by our Latin American
brothers and sisters. I hope that we can follow
their example and find ways to ignite ever
greater enthusiasm for mission on the local and
national scene. Although it is not formally on
the agenda for our upcoming Conference, I will
look forward to discussing ways that we can
join the Church in Latin America in their mis-
sionary ardor. Let's talk about it!
Peace to you all.
meetings@uscatholicmission.org
news@uscatholicmission.org
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contd from p. 1 ready to leave behind our nets, our established take on the project of the Reign of God from a stance of gratitude and
plans, our boats, parents, homeland, structures, our successes and the littleness, united with the poor and the victims of this world as we
stability that gives us security. We are ready to do anything because work for justice and liberation, love and the common good, for alter-
Jesus is offering to share his cause with us and we want to identify natives which spring from hearts that have been recreated in the com-
with him. We have been captivated by his life and the freeing, vigor- munity of the Church.
ous authority with which he has invited us to abandon security and to
The Spirit breaks in on us, touches us and pushes us toward God, his-
follow him in mission.
tory, interiority and action. The love which springs forth from the
We give witness to Jesus, his life and his cause, because he has Father and the Son becomes translated in our history as solidarity
formed us in his image from within, transforming us into evangelizers which goes beyond all borders. The Spirit who anointed Jesus to
who share an intimate experience of communion and friendship with bring the Good News to the poor is the architect of unity and relation-
Him. Because Christ is at the center of our life, our discipleship is the ship, the Spirit announces freedom to the prisoners, gives sight to the
root of our missionary identity; it constantly creates and renews our blind, frees the oppressed and announces a year of favor.
communion with others and sustains our commitment to the transfor-
Mission in the heart of the world
mation of the world in missionary service.
The Community that is in Mission for Humanity is called to live in the
The change of epoch and the cultural and religious pluralism we ex-
Mystery of God, in heart of the divine desire for the salvation of all,
perience, demand that we question our imitation of Christ. Disciple-
full of love and humanization. The mission of God today is that of
ship and its evangelical demands make us countercultural. The reality
uniting all of humanity in one common house of creation. Thus, we
of the growing poverty of the majority of the world, a consequence of
are called to ask ourselves where humanity is headed today.
ever-expanding socio-economic and political injustice, challenges us
as disciples. Everything that is human is ours, humanitys current situation and
problems are ours as well. Our hope is that we can present the Good
All of this leads us to reaffirm our convictions and options as believers
News of Jesus and the Gospel as a light and a model for humanity,
so that our lives may illuminate the reason for our hope. We are led to
demonstrating that love of God and neighbor are one and the same.
drink from the life-giving water of the Gospel and to share it with
Because of that, we contemplate the whole of society and recognize
those who thirst for justice, peace and truth, with those who do not
all of its aspirations, projects, its humanism and thirst for God. We
believe in violence. These challenges call us to overcome individual-
are pained to see the suffering brought about by the crises of economic
ism and isolation and to reclaim and strengthen our sense of ecclesial
and social strategies, ecological emergencies, cultural and democratic
belonging and our loyal collaboration with our pastors, united in the
crises, not to mention the poverty, exclusion, violence and persecution
desire to form Christian communities characterized by prayer, har-
that mark our times.
mony and a missionary spirit.
What can we do or propose?
A community led by the Spirit, A Church for
A Divine World. The missionary community is sent by the Holy Spirit
Everyone and Servant of Humanity
to connect peoples and cultures, a unity in diversity (Jn. 21:11), start-
The Holy Spirit is leading us toward a new epoch in human life, a new ing in the periphery and moving to the center for the liberation of all.
way of being Church. We have experienced and We resonate with the divine dream of a world with-
we remember the living history of missionaries out peripheries or centers, a divinized world.
who have gone before us, many of whom are here
We are apprentices. As we confront the grave prob-
present in this Congress. They have given us
lems of our day, we are all apprentices. We have no
life. We have received new life from the memory
recipes. All we have to offer is trust in the Lord, an
of our American martyrs who gave their lives for
open heart and the willingness to give evidence for
love of Jesus and their brothers and sisters. In
our hope, based on our faith in the Gospel. Hope is
them, the evangelical mission of the Church
the central message of Biblical faith (SpS 2). Hope
becomes transparent and fruitful for humanity.
finds its concrete expression when the poor and the
They are witnesses and martyrs whose enthusiasm
victims begin to speak out, to make themselves pre-
for the mission is contagious.
sent. We take on all that is human, recognizing the painful reality of
Our missionary spirituality is a life in the Spirit which gives witness. the margination and exclusion of many of our brothers and sisters.
(Jn. 15:26-27) With their very blood, our American saints and martyrs
The Mission is recreated in solidarity, in sharing and in gratitude. In
proclaimed the truth of the God who frees us. They point us toward
his pastoral practice, Jesus taught us that the exploited and excluded
the source of life, the life that comes from Jesus incarnate in our land,
have a real part in the mission of the Church; they are participants in
a most profound Gospel spirituality.
the plan of God and lead us to broaden our horizons; they are signs
The Spirit leads us into mission, into incarnation in cultures and peo- pointing toward justice who incarnate hope in our history.
ples, to sow seeds, the seeds of a Gospel that will be reborn in new
We cooperate with humanitys movement toward unity under the guid-
faces and a variety of fruits. That same Spirit calls us into dialog and
ance of the Spirit who is sign of plurality and universality; we work in
ecumenical and interreligious collaboration. The Spirit leads us to
gratitude and in hope together with the poor. The Spirit has given us
become bread broken and shared for the sake of uniting everyone at
an ongoing task which will only come to completion in the final days.
the table of friendship and fraternity; to experience our communion
Meanwhile, we walk by faith as the Gospel opens us to the horizon of
with all of humanity in order to render praise and glory to God. We

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contd from p. 3 that final harvest which will come to fruition in
spite of our inability to pull out all the weeds. (Mt. 13: 24 30.)
Making our life a mission and the mission of the Church. We are
called together to commit ourselves to our Church and society, to
collaborate in reading the signs of our times, in choosing priorities and
goals for our moment of history and in living out solidarity, sharing
the gratitude that characterizes a missionary community.
We hope for a humanity fully alive in the love of God. We have much
to offer. There is no doubt that the Social Teaching of the Church
can generate hope in the midst of the most difficult situations, always
making us conscious that if the there is no hope for the poor, there is
no hope for anyone, not even for those who would be called
rich. (DA 395) The preferential option for the poor must permeate
every dimension of our pastoral organization and our pastoral priori-
ties. (DA 396). The missionary Church is called to be a consoler,
mediator and spokesperson for the poor.
To Enter into the heart of the women and men of America. We want
to make of ourselves a Church in a permanent state of mission. We
will put our hand to the plow, sensitive to the breath of the Holy Spirit
who leads us forward without fear, certain that Divine Providence will
bring us great surprises.
PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD
We want to feel at one with the heart of the world and all of humanity,
in one great community, signs of humanism and of Gods great empa-
thy. We are called to go forth from our homeland, not knowing to
what roads and situations the mission will call us, with nothing more
than our hope and confidence placed in God whose promise will be
realized a hundredfold. We are sent into a new world as a metaphor
and symbol, giving witness to the newness of the Reign of God
appearing among us. The new humanity is the work of the Spirit
entrusted to us, in which we collaborate with all our being. The
Church in America is called to come forward with signs of justice in
Book Reviews
Hope and Solidarity: Jon Sobrinos Chal-
lenge to Christian Theology
Stephen J. Pope, Editor
Orbis. 282p. $26 (paperback)
ISBN: 139781570757655
The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is-
sued its Jon Sobrino notification on November 26, 2006, warning
about deviations from Catholic doctrine in the works of this leading
exponent of liberation theology. Now we have this volume of 16 origi-
nal articles by Roman Catholic theologians from Boston to Santiago,
Chile, each heavily footnoted, compiled, edited, indexed, and pub-
lished less than two years later. The commitment of the authors, the
editor, and the publisher to issue this timely defense of Sobrino is
evidence of their overwhelming support for his Challenge to Chris-
tian Theology.
The authors analyses of Sobrinos work, organized into
theological method, christology, ecclesiology, and spirituality, often
cover similar ground, but here that is fruitful rather than redundant,
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the midst of an unjust world, always sowing the seeds of the Reign of
God.
Passion for Jesus and the desire that he be known and loved is the
heart of mission.
All of us who are disciples living in Jesus want him to be known
and loved. We want to be servants among the poor, bringing
consolation and strength of heart. We are called to give life to all
of humanity, to communicate Jesus beauty and vitality, to recon-
cile and unify the human family, advancing the mission of the
Church and universal well-being.
Young people, captivated by the strength and adventure of Jesus
mission and urged forward by the Spirit, have allowed God to
make them witnesses of faith and hope. They are the new face of
the Church, a living and communal alternative in the midst of
humanity.
With Mary our Mother
We want to be disciples, to embark on the mission of Jesus. We have
learned that without heart, tenderness and love, a prophetic mission is
not possible. Mary imparted the Word of God because she first con-
ceived it in her heart; she proclaimed her prophetic Magnificat be-
cause she first believed; she was present at the foot of the cross and at
Pentecost because she was the good ground that received the Word
with a joyful heart, allowed it to increase a hundredfold and asked that
others do the same. Standing with her, we hear again the words Go
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Mt. 28: 19)
Final message of CAM 3, COMLA 8, translated by Sr. Mary
McGlone, CSJ
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Benedict XVI to Cardinal Antonio Jose Gonzalez Zumarraga, Archbishop
Emeritus of Quito, President of the Central Commission of the Third American
Missionary Congress (CAM), from the Vatican, August 12, 2008.
because the ideas are nuanced and challenging. When filtered through
many fecund minds and articulated from different perspectives, they
emerge with greater clarity and significance. Terms whose meanings
are often assumed in discourse on liberation theology, the signs of
the times, the preferential option for the poor, praxis, the king-
dom of God, the anti-kingdom, the crucified people are mined
for their underlying significance.
One cannot read this sympathetic dissection of Sobrinos
work without feeling the troubling challenge that he thrusts on com-
placent Christians of the developed West. It is the overriding conten-
tion of these articles that the locus where theology is done yields in-
sights about Christian faith and practice that escape differently situ-
ated cultures. The implication is that the CDF is not exempt. The
good news: this confrontation between the institutional and the pro-
phetic church could have been more dire. One author reminds us that
once frowned on theologians, Rahner, de Lubac, Conger, Hring, even
Aquinas, have now found orthodoxy. This is a book of solidarity and
hope.
Reviewed by Michael McCauley
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
College of Southern Maryland
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Enlivened by the Gospel message of hope and the wisdom of
Catholic Social Teaching, we, as people of faith, have come
together with deep urgency to help make our nation a more
perfect union.
Our Catholic tradition raises the best of what it means to be
human and challenges us to live up to these ideals. With the
U.S. Catholic Bishops, we acknowledge that we are a nation
founded on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but the
right to life itself is not fully protected. (Forming Consciences
for Faithful Citizenship, 2007, p. 1) Victimized are the unborn,
those experiencing war and violence, those suffering from eco-
nomic poverty in our own nation, and those fleeing violence
and poverty in other nations. Like the U.S. Bishops, we believe
these challenges are at the heart of public life and at the center
of the pursuit of the common good. (ibid.)
We know in faith the inherent dignity of each person and the
sacredness of life. We know in faith that all of us have a right
to participate in decisions that affect us. We know in faith that
we are one, not just with people in our country, but with the
entire global community. And we know in faith that we are
called to care for all Gods Creation.
Inspired by faith, we also recognize an urgent need not only to
reclaim, but to build on our nations early ideals. Our founders
had a powerful vision for this nation. We have struggled for
more than two hundred years to build on this visionand to
renew and perfect the early ideals by making them real not just
for a privileged few, but for all who reside within our bounda-
ries. Furthermore, in todays world we know we cannot be con-
tent with just a limited national focus. We are linked globally
and must engage that reality as well.
In this time of perilous change, we have an urgent need to build
on the best of our founding vision and claim our role as We
the people of the United States. To accomplish this, we must
set aside our individual wants and partisan views. We need to
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strive together to realize the common good and to also share a
special concern for people who are poor and most vulnerable.
In this interconnected world, injustice or suffering anywhere
diminishes all of us. So we seek a world where human needs
are addressed and where differences are settled in dialogue, not
violence. We seek a world here security is defined by solidar-
ity, and where peace is achieved through justice. And we know
this can be fully realized only when we exercise concern both
for the world today and for generations to come.
PLATFORM SPECIFICS WE THE PEOPLE
When they gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, our
nations founders sought to establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the gen-
eral Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our posterity. This quest was articulated in the Preamble to
the Constitution.
Today, We the People must do all we can to create a more
perfect Union focused on the common good. Acknowledging
that the quest for the common good is both a civic obligation
and requirement of our faith, some 2,000 of us recently gath-
ered in more than 175 groups across the U.S. to begin writing
this Platform for the Common Good. We discussed our na-
tions current reality, based on our diverse lived experiences,
and quickly realized that we must address multiple social ills
that are inextricably linked. For example, we could not separate
problems in our immigration system from unfair trade policies
and discriminationor the massive funding of war from an
underfunding of education, health and other human needs pro-
grams.
In the end, we understood that we share a common obligation
to address our interrelated challenges through sustained indi-
vidual, community, business and government engagement.
In the words of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution,
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We the People of the United States are called to:
ESTABLISH JUSTICE
Justice requires ongoing work to create economic, political and
social systems that respect life, honor the dignity and equality
of all persons, and allow every person the opportunity to flour-
ish. Furthermore, we need to continually monitor those systems
and correct them whenever they fail to address these goals.
Recognizing that we are members of an interconnected world,
we are accountable for the consequences of our political and
economic decisions both within our nation and throughout our
global community. Discrimination which denies full human
dignity to any person hurts the whole human family. Our ac-
tions and decisions should reflect our values of compassion and
fairness, especially when they address economic disparity and
discrimination.
Every economic decision and institution must be judged in light of
whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.
Economic Justice for All, U.S. Catholic Bishops, 13
WHAT WE SEE: Too many today have lost a sense of a con-
sistent ethic of life, which is harmed in many ways, including
by poverty, abortion and capital punishment. Internationally,
our economic system has disproportionately benefitted large
corporations and their shareholders while millions of U.S.
workers and laborers, family farmers in the global south, and
others often struggle in poverty. In the shrinking middle class,
many U.S. families find it increasingly difficult to meet their
needs. This challenge is even greater in households headed by
women and in communities of color. We witness wages that do
not reflect the cost of living and a widening gap between rich
and poor. Unrestrained capitalism has created systemic ine-
quality both within the U.S. and between industrialized
nations and the developing world. The resulting economic
desperation is one of the causes of mass displacement and
increased migration.
The U.S. immigration system has not adjusted to meet 21st
century realities. This leads to exploitation and mistreatment of
migrant workers and immigrants who are undocumented. Fear
and bigotry are often the driving forces behind laws and prac-
tices that have separated families, deprived people of basic
human rights, militarized the border, and negatively impacted
local economies.
Throughout our nation, intolerance and other forms of discrimi-
nation have fostered disparities and injustice.
TO ESTABLISH JUSTICE we are challenged to protect life
and to address disparities between haves and have-nots in
this country and around the world. We are called to support
policies that promote economic equity, ensure human rights,
and eliminate all forms of exploitation and discrimination. We
must address the root causes of migration and reform our
flawed immigration system. And we need to change Platform
for the Common Good laws and mentalities that support insti-
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tutional racism, sexism and classism, and discrimination based
on disability, age or other factors.
Government Action Needed:
To Protect Life
Promote policies that prevent and reduce abortions by sup-
porting women and families. Ensure robust alternatives to
abortion, including adoption
Abolish the death penalty.
To Address Economic Disparity
Enhance the influence of low-income and middle income
people on policymaking to ensure that the interests of all are
served, not just those with money
Treat federal budgets as moral documents, insisting that they
be just and serve the common good
Better regulate corporations and financial institutions; insti-
tute financial reform and transparency
Enhance workers rights to join unions without fear of harass-
ment and to negotiate first contracts within a reasonable time
period
Sign and ratify international conventions that promote eco-
nomic justice and human rights
Work to lessen income disparities and to reform tax policies
that favor the wealthy and corporate interests.
On Immigration
Examine and correct the negative impacts of trade agreements
on low-income communities, especially in other nations as
they lead to migration
Support policies that assist countries of the global south to
enliven their economies
Create new processes and laws for a reasonable path to citi-
zenship
Ensure immigrants rights to fair wages and safe work envi-
ronments, and the rights to organize and join unions
Promote immigration policies that maintain family unity
Focus on basic security for all those impacted-immigrants and
local communities
Protect the basic human rights of all immigrants detained by
local and federal authorities.
To Address Discrimination
Acknowledge that discrimination, including racism and
sexism, continues to impact public systems and encourage
public employees and others to engage in anti-discrimination
training
End discrimination in all institutional forms.
Individual/C Government Action Needed:
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Support and promote programs that promote a fair distribu-
tion of resources and serve vulnerable populations
Support and promote programs and activities that address
prejudice and discrimination
Write letters to the editor and op-eds to encourage anti-racism
education and better relationships within our communities
Strive to keep the media honest and denounce scapegoating
and fear-mongering
Attend local precinct meetings and other gatherings to ex-
press concerns to public servants
Purchase fair trade products
ENSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY
Domestic tranquility grows in a society in which all can par-
ticipate and access what they need to live with dignity. Healthy
communities ensure that all members live in safety as they
fairly share the benefits and costs of social and economic sys-
tems that serve their communities.
Human dignity can be realized and protected only in community.
Economic Justice for All, U.S. Catholic Bishops, 14
WHAT WE SEE: Violence permeates many neighborhoods
within the U.S., especially those where poverty rates are high.
Current rates of murder, crime, drug-use, gang membership and
incarceration are intolerable. Harsh law enforcement and a lack
of rehabilitation services result in recidivism that further under-
mines families and communities. Racism and classism are en-
demic in the U.S. criminal justice system.
Ineffective or non-existent public transportation, exclusionary
zoning, and lack of safe green spaces isolate individuals and
neighborhoods, limit job opportunities, and harm families.
TO ENSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY we need infra-
structures and programs to build up local communities and
businesses and to provide access to education, jobs, needed
services and green space. Local businesses are important in
developing strong communities that support families. Govern-
ment, business and community partnerships must provide
needed opportunities for children and families to flourish in an
environment free from violence and criminal activity. We need
to reform our criminal justice systems and focus more attention
on rehabilitation programs and transitional support services for
re-entry into communities.
Government Action Needed:
Fund after-school programs, jobs for youth, and continuing
education (GED, ESL) for adults
Create community zoning that encourages mixed use and
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mixed-income development along with green spaces
Promote incentives for local business development that in-
cludes grocery stores and other services in all communities
Ensure that convenient, safe public transportation is available
in all communities
Change the criminal justice system so it will decrease recidi-
vism and end discriminatory law enforcement
Promote re-integration programs for ex-offenders that offer
effective support with drug and alcohol rehabilitation, job
training, employment, housing and healthcare.
Individual/Community Action Needed:
Become a mentor and/or work with youth, both in Work to
build a consistent culture of life and nonviolence
Know our neighbors and participate in local government
school and after school
Volunteer at community-initiated programs/activities, e.g.
litter pickup or
Organize and raise awareness of community neighborhood
watch problems, and create solutions
Support and promote better criminal laws and changes in our
prison system.
PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE
Common defense, in the global context of the 21st century,
cannot rely on military might alone. National security is only
possible in the context of global, human and ecological secu-
rity. Conflict prevention and resolution are fostered by relation-
ships of trust that advance human rights and the common good.
If development is the new name for peace, war and preparations for
war are the major enemy of the healthy development of peoples.
If we take the common good of all humanity as our norm, instead
of individual greed, peace would be possible.
On Social Concern, Pope John Paul II, #10
WHAT WE SEE: Current U.S. government priorities, as
measured by our national budget, favor the military compo-
nents of defense to the grave neglect of other required elements
of security. This is not the best way to provide security for our
nation and for our world, as events of the past few years have
shown. A foreign policy of U.S. domination, arms-building,
and preemptive war does more to offend other nations and peo-
ple than it does to defend our own.
The militaristic mindset of our nation needs to change. It con-
tributes to a culture of violence in our world that reaches into
our neighborhoods. The war in Iraq is an especially troubling
example of U.S. reliance on military force alone to solve inter-
national problems and the ineffectiveness of this course. The
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cost of the war is tremendous in terms of lives lost; people
grievously wounded; physical and ecological destruction; on-
going mental health problems of those involved; the plight of
refugees and other victims of war; and the damage done to U.S.
moral credibility and standing in the world.
The dollar cost of the war increases our national debt and
squanders resources needed for healthcare, education, infra-
structure, job creation and poverty elimination. Yet our nation
continues to prepare for other wars, stockpiling conventional
and nuclear weapons while ignoring non-proliferation treaties
and insisting that other nations disarm; spending billions on
military equipment that is inappropriate for todays conflicts;
manufacturing and selling arms to the rest of the world; and
neglecting the diplomatic and development components that
are necessary for national and human security. This runs con-
trary to our commitment to protect life and human dignity.
TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE we need
to develop an ethical U.S. foreign policy that emphasizes con-
flict resolution through diplomacy instead of military force
and that promotes stability Platform for the Common Good
abroad through fair trade laws, debt cancellation and increased
responsible international development aid. Our nation must
engage with other nations to develop creative solutions to com-
mon problems such as migration, human trafficking, drug traf-
ficking, crime, weapons proliferation, global poverty, and cli-
mate change.
Our country needs to do more to foster constructive relations
with and improved understanding of other cultures. Supporting
the United Nations is critical as is participating in and abiding
by international treaties.
Government Action Needed:
Reject a foreign policy of domination in favor of cooperative
multilateral efforts to prevent conflict and promote
diplomacy, development and human rights
Reduce the military weapons budget and invest in basic hu-
man needs
Renounce preemptive war and first-strike policies
Take decisive steps to eliminate nuclear weapons
Acknowledge that torture is immoral and counter to U.S.
values
Establish a cabinet-level institution responsible for education
in conflict resolution, reconciliation and peacekeeping
Support the United Nations and other multilateral organiza-
tions
Restore the constitutional balance of power between the
executive and legislative branches on the responsibility for
using military force
End the U.S. occupation of Iraq, remove U.S. combat troops,
and accept responsibility for assisting Iraqi refugees and
rebuilding civil society
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Improve care and provide adequate services for returning
U.S. troops, veterans and their families.
Individual/Community Action Needed:
Promote a culture of life and nonviolence by participation in
peace-building actions
Seek opportunities to learn about different cultures to lessen
prejudice, misunderstanding and divisions among people
Commit to ongoing education on U.S. foreign policy (aid
allocation, trade positions and military spending)
Tell elected officials to support actions that will lead to real
peace.
PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE
To promote the general welfare requires ensuring that the
right to life and to fulfillment of essential human needs essen-
tial for life, including food, quality healthcare, safe housing,
and quality education, are available to everyone. Today, more
than ever, we are deeply interconnected. Thus, deprivation or
suffering in one part of the world ultimately affects us all. Indi-
viduals, communities and government all have a positive role
to play in ensuring that people can survive and live with dig-
nity.
The needs of [people who are] poor take priority over the desires of
the rich; the rights of workers over the maximization of profits; the
preservation of the environment over uncontrolled industrial expan-
sion; the production to meet social needs over production for military
purposes.
Economic Justice for All, U.S. Catholic Bishops, #94
WHAT WE SEE: Massive investment in war and militarism
has diverted money required to meet human needs. Many good
jobs have moved overseas. Tax cuts for the wealthy and
corporate interests also decrease needed resources. Groups and
individuals face ongoing discrimination. And social programs
fail when they encourage dependency rather than providing
pathways out of poverty.
Education is an essential and powerful tool to intervene in gen-
erational poverty, but it fails large numbers of students, espe-
cially those from low-income families and students of color.
Many schools fail to engage students, and graduation rates are
low. College is prohibitively expensive for many, limiting
options for educational achievement.
Our nation continues to spend more on healthcare than other
countries, but millions of people receive inadequate or no care.
People in low-income communities and communities of color
have a much lower quality of care.
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Even affordable housing is unaffordable for many families,
and wait lists for programs such as Section 8 take years. Mean-
while, mortgage foreclosures resulting in part from inadequate
regulation of the mortgage industry have hurt countless
families and increased homelessness. And the continuing
inability to restore communities devastated by Hurricane
Katrina is evidence of the government inability to adequately
address housing emergencies.
TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE we must pro-
mote and protect life and all of the systems and supports that
are required for life and human dignity. This includes embrac-
ing the goals of both the U.S. and the global campaigns to
eliminate poverty and to increase access to quality education,
living wage jobs, safe housing, nutritious food, and comprehen-
sive, quality healthcare. We must create the essential condi-
tions for a consistent culture of life that respects and promotes
life at all stages.
Government Action Needed:
On Poverty
Support human life and dignity by approving and funding
programs that promote the dignity of all life (e.g., quality
housing, child care, healthcare and nutrition assistance)
Provide more efficient access to and better coordination
among human needs services
Institute a living wage that allows wage earners to provide
food, shelter, medical care, education and recreation for them-
selves and their dependents
Bring environmental, labor, corporate and trade concerns into
proper balance.
On Employment
Create green and public works jobs to reduce unemployment
End tax loopholes and other incentives that make it easier for
businesses to leave the U.S.
Provide incentives for businesses to create new jobs in U.S.
communities that need them
Ensure that employees have the right to form labor unions
and to bargain collectively for just working conditions, a
living wage, healthcare, and retirement and other benefits
Ensure that employers make provisions for family members
with caretaking responsibilities
Address employment needs of groups with high unemploy-
ment (e.g., people with disabilities).
On Health and Nutrition
Study successful healthcare systems in states and other
countries and incorporate best practices
Move away from for-profit healthcare
Institute affordable, universal quality healthcare, which
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includes prenatal and infant care, dental care, mental health
care, substance abuse treatment, vision care, and prescription
drug coverage
Ensure that all pregnant women have access to full healthcare
Fully fund anti-hunger programs like food stamps and infant
nutrition programs
Shift to preventive care and medical home model that
provides access to primary care doctors
Provide adequate funding for medical and health education
Improve healthcare access for underserved communities such
as low-income rural areas
Better regulate pharmaceutical companies and work for
affordable prescription prices.
On Education
Increase education funding and distribute resources equitably,
with special attention to schools in low-income neighbor-
hoods
Pay teachers fair and adequate wages and institute programs
to encourage teacher retention
Provide more arts, music and other cultural enrichment
courses
Ensure that special education students have the resources and
trained teachers they need
Ensure that education includes life skills and vocational
training to prepare students for jobs
Provide free universal preschool/Head Start
Fund educational mandates.
On Housing
Increase funding for safe, affordable housing, especially for
people who are homeless, and ensure inclusionary housing
Convert vacant properties/units into affordable and/or
transitional housing
Fund and promote rent-to-own programs.
Individual/ Community Action Needed:
Make individual and communal choices that protect the dig-
nity of all life
Attend city council and town hall meetings
Engage in the corporal works of mercy and contribute money
to meeting others needs
Be responsible consumers by supporting companies that pro-
mote fair trade and boycotting companies with poor labor
standards
Work toward improving our own health
As parents, be involved in our childrens education
Hold regional school boards accountable.
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SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY
TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY
Securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and future gen-
erations requires that we shape our economic and regulatory
systems so they are balanced and sustainable. We cannot have
healthy human organisms on a sick planet because all life relies
on interdependent, healthy ecosystems. We must move beyond
older economic and social models that rely on environmental
exploitation, excessive corporate power and discrimination and
embrace new, emerging economic systems and environmental
technologies that are sustainable and secure.
Using [natural resources] as if they were inexhaustible,
with absolute dominion, seriously endangers their
availability not only for the present generation but
above all for generations to come.
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, Pope John Paul II, 34
WHAT WE SEE: Resource depletion alters the environment
to a point of limiting regeneration. As resources diminish, fu-
ture generations ability to live with dignity diminishes. Envi-
ronmental degradation and unsustainable resource use affects
us all, especially people who live in impoverished communi-
ties. Pollution, global warming and privatization of resources
like water threaten the harmony of our ecological, economic,
and social systems. Unsustainable consumption of fossil fuel
increases desertification, drought and flooding. Shifts in
weather patterns exact a tremendous human cost as they
threaten the fragile water and agricultural systems that sustain
subsistence farmers in much of the world.
Both domestically and globally, nations allow multinational
corporations unreasonable control over economic and environ-
mental resources. Their privileged seat at the policy bargaining
table and single-minded devotion to profit have fostered unsus-
tainable and exploitative economic systems. And people in the
U.S. and other industrialized nations consume a disproportion-
ate percentage of the worlds resources while engaging in
wasteful practices.
Meanwhile, our nation continues to ignore the need to rebuild
our deteriorating infrastructure (e.g., bridges) and to reduce our
national debt. Both will have a devastating effect on future
generations.
To secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our pos-
terity we must organize our economic systems, development
and production to provide for long term sustainability. Ecologi-
cal responsibility requires that we manage and distribute mate-
rial resources across all humanity and into future generations.
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We envision a social and economic order that is sustainable
and ecologically responsible; places human dignity above prof-
its; harnesses renewable and clean sources of energy; balances
corporate interests with the global common good; addresses the
need to strengthen our infrastructure; eliminates debt that will
harm future generations; recognizes and seeks to address dis-
criminatory practices; promotes fair trade policies; and neither
exploits persons and communities, nor abuses our stewardship
of the earth.
Government Action Needed:
Bring environmental, labor, corporate and trade concerns into
proper balance
Support multilateral efforts to address ecological concerns
Help the developing world secure basic human needs in-
cluding access to clean water and an equitable access to the
marketplace
Assist resource-poor countries in adapting to the effects of
climate change through increased development assistance
Promote renewable energy technologies and other green tech-
nologies
Pass legislation to conserve resources and address global
warming
Eliminate business practices that abuse people or the environ-
ment
Address our national debt so it does not extend to future gen-
erations
Repair and rebuild our aging infrastructure.
Individual/Community Action Needed:
Educate ourselves on the connection between ecological is-
sues and our life choicesand make better choices
Alter our consumption practices to be in line with our calls to
stewardship, sustainability and respect for human life and
dignity
Actively engage our representatives and policymakers on
unsustainable consumption and the oppressive structures of
inequality.
SUMMARY AND CALL TO ACTION
In the Catholic Tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue,
and participation in political life is a moral obligation.
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, U.S Catholic
Bishops, 2007, p. 4
For over 200 years, people of faith have sought to extend our
nations founding vision to all people. Our goal: to form a
more perfect union that serves the common good.
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We the People must continue to work togetheras govern-
ment, business, communities and individualsto create a na-
tion and world rooted in justice. We must speak, act, insist,
demand and ensure that the common good is at the heart of all
decisions and actions. These times call for renewed engage-
ment across our differences. Political engagement is not just
our right, but our responsibility.
We commit to engaging this Platform for the Common Good.
We will use it as an educational tool in the preelection process,
as a yardstick for measuring candidates and making our choices
on November 4, 2008, and most importantly, as an accountabil-
ity measure after the election. It is this continued engagement
that will lead to true change. By working for the principles con-
tained in this Platform for the Common Good, we will become
the country that we say we are, authentically affirming what
our founders wrote with pride:
We the People of the United States, in order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquil-
ity, provide for the common defense, promote the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America.
The Delegates and Steering Committee
of the Convention for the Common Good,
and all who shared in this process
For more information:
www.catholicsinalliance.org or www.networklobby.org
2008 Convention for the Common Good
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BACKGROUND FOR THE COMMON GOOD
When they gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, our
nations founders sought to establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the gen-
eral welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity. Today, We the People, must do all we can to
create a more perfect union focused on the common good. Two
thousand Catholics and other people of faith have gathered in
over 40 states to develop a Platform for the Common Good that
articulates shared principles about building a culture of life,
promoting economic justice and peace, establishing foreign
policy rooted in global solidarity and caring for Gods creation.
The Platform was ratified on July 12 in Philadelphia during the
Convention for the Common Good.
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America with Christ:

Listen, Learn, Proclaim!

The Third American Missionary Con-

gress (CAM3, COMLA 8)
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MISSION
A Journey of Hope
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Mission: A Journey of Hope celebrates the US Churchs 100 years of
responding to the challenges of Sapienti consilio to send missioners throughout the
world!
Mission: A Journey of Hope is a journey not simply based on human opti-
mism but in a faithful God who continues to call us to mission
a journey of hope that women and men committed to mission have taken all throughout
history
. a journey of hope that missioners in the 21st century are continually asked to witness in
the midst of the challenges of mission in a truly global context.
Our 2008 USCMA Mission Conference takes place in the historic Baltimore area,
which this year celebrates the 200th year of becoming the first Archdiocese in the nation.
Keynote Speakers
MICHAEL AMALADOSS, SJ
DIANNE BERGANT, CSA
Panel Speakers
ARTURO AGUILAR, SSC DR. JOSEFINA CHIRINO
FLOTILDA LAPE, ICM JEANNIE RITTER
Dialogue Sessions
REVERSE MISSION: BUILDING BRIDGES OF HOPE
DR. JOSEFINA CHIRINO & JEANNIE RITTER
What messages do todays missioners need to bring to our own US culture? In what ways do
our journeys as missioners witness to hope in a new global reality?
CHURCH MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES TODAY:
IMPLICATIONS FOR DIOCESE AND PARISH PROGRAMS
DR. MICHAEL GABLE & MICHAEL HAASL
Where do we find mission creativity and vitality in parishes and in diocesan programs? In
what ways do such creativity bring a new experience of hope for people in the pews? How do
we support and promote such creativity and vitality?
SPE SALVI: IMPLICATIONS FOR MISSION
MICHAEL AMALADOSS, SJ
What are the implications of Benedict XVIs encyclical on Hope for mission in todays new
globalized context?
MISSION USA:
GIVING VOICE TO THOSE MISSIONED TO THE U.S.
FLOTILDA LAPE, ICM & JOHN HURLEY, CSP
What are missioners sent to the US (home missioners and international missioners) telling us
about the new global mission context of the U.S.? How do their mission journeys engender
hope?
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES:
NEW ROLES IN BUILDING GLOBAL COMMUNITIES OF
HOPE
KATHY SCHMITTGENS, SSND & PAUL LININGER, OFM
How can religious communities use their global network to promote solidarity
and hope? How does the multi-cultural, multi-lingual composition of todays
religious communities inspire hope in todays new globalized context of mission?
THE FUTURE OF MISSION
ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION FOR MISSION
SUZANNE MOORE, MM & ARTURO AGUILAR, SSC
Who is the next generation of missioners? What inspires the next generation to go to mis-
sion? How do we support them in their journey of hope?
MISSION EARTH:
CHANGING THE CLIMATE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
JOAN MUMAW, IHM & MAURICE LANGE, OMI
How do the stories of the missioners bring creativity and hope to the issue of
global climate change? How do we put a human face to the issues of global
climate change? How does our creativity or lack thereof in addressing the issues of global
climate change affect the lives of the poor?
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Resources and Up-Coming Events

Maryknoll Mission Institute Baylor University, Waco, TX Email: gracebo@arc.org
October 5-10 Fire for God: Blowing on the Email: IFL@baylor.edu
Coals of our Hearts Website: www.baylor.edu/ifl/poverty Vigil & Direct Action to Close SOA/
For complete schedule and presenters: WHINSEC
Telephone: 914- 941-0783 Ext. 5631 Annual Conference November 21-23, 2008
Website: http://www.maryknoll.org/mmi.htm US Catholic Mission Association Fort Benning, GA
Mission: A Journey of Hope Telephone: 202-234-3440
Global Economics Workshop October 24-26, 2008 Website: www.soa.org
October 15-17, 2008 Baltimore, MD
New York City Telephone: 202-832-3112 Preparing for Cross-Cultural Ministry
Telephone: 212-682-6481 Program
Website: www.uscatholicmission.org
Website: cnvsinfo@cnvs.org January 20 - February 18, 2009
Intercultural Consultation Services
Eastern Fellowship of American Society of
CNVS National Conference Missiology San Antonio, TX
Sustained by the Spirit: Person, Program and October 31 - November 1, 2008 Tel: 313-341-4841
Planet Maryknoll, NY E-mail: ktpierce1@juno.com
October 16-18, 2008 Contact: Rodney Petersen
Portland, Oregon Email: Petersen@bostontheological.org Ecumenical Advocacy Days
Telephone: 301-270-0900 ext. 10 March 13-16, 2009
Near Washington, DC
Email: Lsiers6720@aol.com Workshop for Returned Missioners Website: www.advocacydays.org
November 6-9, 2008
Congo Week Haverford, PA The Emerging Church:
October 19-25, 2008 From Mission to Mission Conversations, Convergence & Action
Sponsored by Friends of the Congo and Africa Telephone: 720-494-7211 March 20-22, 2009
Faith and Justice Network Email: missiontomission@qwest.org Albuquerque, NM
Website: www.congoweek.org/english/ Website: www.cacradicalgrace.org
Website: www.missiontomission.org

2nd Annual Symposium on Faith & Culture 12th Religious Study Tour to China
Facing Race 2008 Annual Conference April 18-May 5, 2009
Bottom-Up Approaches to Global Poverty November 13-15, 2008 US Catholic China Bureau
October 23-25, 2008 Applied Research Center Telephone: 973-763-1131
Baylor University, Institute for Faith & Learn- Oakland, CA Email: chinabur@shu.edu
ing Telephone: 510-653-3415 Website: www.usccb.net

ORBIS BOOKS RECEIVED AT USCMA

American Indian Liberation, A Theology of Sovereignty, George E. Tink Tinker, 2008
A New Heart, Eleven Qualities of Holiness, Robert Morneau, 2008
Ancestral Grace, Meeting God in Our Human Story, Diarmuid OMurchu, MSC, 2008
Binding the Strong Man, A Political Reading of St. Marks Gospel, Ched Myers, 2008
Child, Victim, Soldier, The Loss of Innocence in Uganda, Donald H. Dunson, 2008
Eucharist, Robert Barron, 2008
Held in the Light, Norman Morrisons Sacrifice for Peace and His Familys Journey of Healing, Anne Morrison Welsh, with Joyce Hollyday,
2008
Help My Unbelief, William J. OMalley, 2008
Jean Vanier, Essential Writings, Introduced by Carolyn Whitney-Brown, 2008
La Biblia de Nuestro Pueblo, Luis /Alonso Schkel, Traductor, 2008
Modern Spiritual Masters, Writings on Contemplation and Compassion, Robert Ellsberg, Editor, 2008
Original Prayer, Themes from the Christian Tradition, Lavinia Byrne
Theology Brewed in an African Pot, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, 2008
This Little Light, Lessons in Living from Sister Thea Bowman, Michael ONeill McGrath, 2008
What Is the Mission of the Church? A Guide for Catholics, Roger P. Schroeder, 2008

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