Happy Tuesday all! Here's what's new at NCRonline today:
Editorial: Resist outsourcing evangelization. A telling line: FOCUS has big plans; it has raised its sights beyond just campus ministry. It wants to send its missionaries into parishes. This could create quite the temptation for cash-strapped dioceses, but we would argue that dioceses should resist this temptation.
If you didn't read our FOCUS series, catch up:
Part 1: FOCUS promises to 'fight for this generation' on college campuses
Part 2: FOCUS campus ministry has big money, conservative connections
Part 3: FOCUS plans to graduate to parishes with 'spiritual multiplication'
Reducing waste: Catholic parishes, hospitals see results from efforts to reduce and recycle. Part 1: 'Throwaway culture' in spotlight as Earth Day targets plastics
Commentary: Water unites us, so make it available to all
Justice Action Bulletin: Accompanying immigrants; amplifying Plowshares
ICYMI: In 'historic' move, pope names three laywomen to doctrinal congregation
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At Global Sisters Report:
ICYMI: Three years after Nepal earthquake, rebuilt village approaches sustainability
Q & A with Sr. Theresa Perera, lending a hand to Jordan's migrant workers
Why Catholic sisters are good at getting arrested
Column: Five Remembrances on aging, dying
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