I’d like to begin with a story. A friend of mine and a great friend of peace and justice, Rev. Dick Sering, worked for more than 30 years as a Lutheran minister in the city of Cleveland. His organization, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (LMM) is one of the largest faith-based organizations dedicated to working with the [...]
It’s been called the greatest anti-poverty program of our day. To put a little extra money in the pockets of working people is the goal of the Earned Income Credit (EIC). This federal tax credit reduces the tax burden on low or moderate income workers in America. The EIC is commonly called “the working family’s [...]
My community gave me a great gift when they asked me to write this blog. 18 years of writing a column for the diocesan Catholic newspaper should have been enough preparation to write a message to the readers about social justice and working for peace. It was– until Sandy Hook. For the past several days [...]
“Come, they told me. A newborn king to see. Our finest gifts we bring. To lay before the king..So to honor him. When we come.” (Lyrics from the Christmas Carol, The Little Drummer Boy) Most of us have our favorite Christmas carol. The Little Drummer Boy is mine. The song invites me to the birth. [...]
It was a night like any other in San Salvador in 1980. The Cleveland mission team working in LaLibertad was well aware of the dangers involved in staying in the war-torn county. Lay missionary Jean Donovan knew particularly well the danger she was in. A few weeks earlier she wrote to her friend: “The Peace Corps [...]
As we approach Veterans Day, let’s join together in prayer for our veterans and those serving in military posts throughout the world. (Click on the Prayer to make it larger if needed.)
Notre Dame Sister Kathleen Ryan is the Director of the Diocese of Cleveland Social Action Office. She is responsible for creating and implementing programs and pursuing legislative advocacy for peace, social and economic justice. She is beginning her 25th year at Catholic Charities and the diocese after a nineteen year teaching career. She recently was named Coordinator of the Sisters of Norte Dame, Chardon, OH, Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation Committee. 
The Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio, belong to an international congregation of more than two thousand apostolic women religious. We are one in mind and one in heart for the transformation of the world in Christ. 
