July 2, 2016 By Angelica Walker *The following article is an expansion of a post previously published online here* What would you do for freedom? That was the theme of 2016’s Roots […]
Pride is Political: Roots Pride Celebrates Diversity
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
July 2, 2016 By Angelique Stolar On Sunday, July 24th, the Thomas Merton Center, in conjunction with other groups from the region, will take six passenger buses from the Pittsburgh area to […]
How Pennsylvania’s Prison Population Exploded: Part One
July 2, 2016 By Martha Conley Some say Richard Nixon and his “Southern Strategy” paved the path to mass incarceration beginning in 1968, in the aftermath of the Civil Rights revolution in […]
Looking Ahead to This Fall’s Association of Pittsburgh Priests’ Speakers’ Series
The Association of Pittsburgh Priests has put together a very timely series of speakers for the fall. You may want to put them on your calendars now so you don’t miss them! […]
My Manifesto
July 1, 2016 By Toni Conaway Reading Steven Gimbel’s biography of Einstein, I was struck by his description of the “Culture Split” in Germany between the two world wars — a divide […]
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE GIORNALE VATICANO Corruption in the Roman Curia Comes to an Explosive End (Episode 6)
July 1, 2016 By Robert Jedrzejewski Hard upon “Faversham’s” visit to the baronial digs of Cardinal Ludovico Scrofulenza (aka “Big Louie), Umberto Falena (akaThe Moth), the trusted journalist from the Giornale Vaticano, […]
Muslim Women Sponsor “Underground Railroad Re-Enactment”
To deepen my understanding of Holy Islam, I began joining Muslims in prayer at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh (ICP) in Oakland during weekend visits to my son. As a Eucharistic Minister […]
Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace Event Series
July 1, 2016 By Scilla Wahrhaftig As we approach the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshisma and Nagasaki, Remembering Hiroshima, Imagining Peace will be recognizing the dropping of the first nuclear […]
Unchain Victims from the Chains of Command
July 1, 2016 By Rianna Lee Twenty-five people gathered for a rally organized by the Thomas Merton Center’s Stop Sexual Assault in the Military (SSAM) campaign in Station Square on Thursday, June […]
Bread for the World Lobbies in D.C.
July 1, 2016 By Roses Laughlin On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, five members of the SW PA Bread for the World team travelled to Washington, D.C. in order to lobby for better […]
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