![]() Joseph’s Academy parents, informing them that the COVID-19 crisis left some parents without jobs or an ability to pay tuition, and left the school with ‘serious re-enrollment’ deficits for the fall.” Joseph’s Academy announced its doors will close in the fall after 82 years… The Very Reverend Timothy LaBo sent a letter to St. Louis School closing in Lowell.” Lowell Sun. “After generations of students and over a century in operation, Saint Louis School will close permanently, according to a letter sent to parents on Wednesday.” “Memphis Catholic high school closing after nearly 100 years.” WMC Action News 5. “The Catholic Diocese of Memphis announced Tuesday the closure of Immaculate Conception Cathedral School’s high school after nearly 100 years in midtown Memphis.” ![]() “Silver lining: 2 in 5 adults have ‘changed for the better’ thanks to lockdown.”. In fact, a recent survey of 2,000 British adults reveals that 43% of people feel they’ve ‘changed their ways for the better’ as a result of all the time inside these past few months… One fifth of those surveyed have enjoyed the extra sleep they’ve been getting so much that they plan to maintain their extended sleep schedule moving forward.” Many people have been using their extra time during the coronavirus lockdown wisely and have adopted new habits to keep themselves busy. ![]() “Church must be ready to deal with post-COVID ‘apocalyptic’ scenarios, author claims.” Crux. Having to pray alone or in the narrow context of a family can turn people reshape one’s sensibilities in an individualistic direction… We can only hope that Catholics in the post-pandemic era will appreciate more deeply the communal character of Catholic belief and practice.” “… perhaps the greatest threat is the erosion of the sense of the irreducibly social nature of Catholicism. “Editorial: US bishops’ conference, where is the leadership during pandemic?” National Catholic Reporter. While the culture warriors have been obsessed with sexual ethics, what we need right now are the core principles of Catholic social teaching: solidarity, the common good, human dignity of all.” bishops have been stuck in a ‘culture war’ mentality that has rendered the bishops’ conference ineffective if not irrelevant. “Search for Christian unity is making progress, pope says.” Crux. May the Spirit inspire new prophetic gestures and strengthen fraternal charity among all Christ’s disciples ‘that the world may believe’ to the ever greater praise of our Father in heaven.” He is a graduate of Boyce College and Southern Seminary.“With confidence, then, let us ask the Holy Spirit to guide our steps and to enable everyone to hear the call to work for the cause of ecumenism with renewed vigor. He is husband of Lauren and father to Maesyn. To purchase a copy of Belong, click here.Įvan Knies is an elder of North Hills Church in West Monroe, LA. Our love and friendship of fellow sinners within the church is Christ’s witness to the world. He has a place for you among his people where you can belong. One church’s failure is not the failure of Christ’s gospel or his plan, nor does it reflect Christ’s heart for you. Christian unity starts with a transformation of our minds toward Christ-likeness, which will be evidenced especially in the attitude of humility and the action of serving one another. When we commit ourselves to being part of a church, and when we commit to pursuing and contributing to a gospel culture that reflects gospel teaching, we are throwing ourselves into the very heart of Christ – love, good deeds, encouragement. There is no room for ego or hierarchy or smugness in the family of God. ![]() A church cannot be healthy without biblically grounded, gospel-shaped preaching and teaching. If we are cut off from the church, we will spiritually shrivel up and die. When we are adopted through the work of Jesus Christ into the family of God, we receive unconditional, immovable, eternal love as God’s children. Belonging is defined by where God intends us to be, and therefore where he intends us to find true life and deepest satisfaction and joy. His plan for his church is that it be a place to encounter the profound, transformative, healing, restoring grace of Jesus Christ, together.
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