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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Mapping It Out August 2020
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How to Intimately Learn Catholicism By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
From usccb.org
�ifteen years after Richard Louv’s bestseller The Last
Child in the Woods was published, it is more relevant than ever. I’m fascinated by his insights on the “naturedeficit disorder” ailing kids. I was struck by a passage about his 1950s Midwestern childhood: “I knew my woods and my fields; I knew every bend in the creek and dip in the beaten dirt paths. I wandered those woods even in my dreams.” His knowledge of that place was so intimate, so vivid that it continued in his dreams, flashing like a movie reel. I want that for my kids, an elixir for the hightech, low-attention world forming young minds. Louv sees it the same way. “Nature is reflected in our capacity for wonder,” he wrote. Shortly after I started reading Louv, I came upon a book that put legs on my yearning. Make Map Art: Creatively Illustrate Your World, written by the sisterbrother pair Salli Swindell and Nate Padavick, is a tool kit to turn readers into map makers – complete with compasses, cartouches, legends and landmarks. Salli and Nate’s line art is folksy and simple. Their lines are not parallel. Their squiggles don’t always connect. The goal is not perfection. It is, in fact, imperfection – evidence that the maps are hand drawn, not computer generated.
USCCB: Weakened Fair Housing Rule Fails to Promote Dignity of Human Person
A map bursts with old-timey charm. When was the last time you pulled out a map from the glove compartment and used it as a guide? Salli and Nate’s maps feel nostalgic and whimsical, like an invitation to silence the phone and study nature. Maps “define our place in the world, inspire daydreaming and ignite the wanderlust in all of us,” they wrote. “Maps are about remembering.” Yes! Suddenly I was compelled to map out the island Mapping, cont'd on pg. 4
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2020 – Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it would terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing regulation (AFFH) issued in 2015 and replace it with a new rule on fair housing titled Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Catholic Charities USA filed comments in March 2020 on HUD’s proposed changes to the AFFH rule. The comments urged HUD to withdraw the proposed rule because it weakens the definition of AFFH, fails to address barriers to fair housing, reduces community engagement, and diminishes the role of Public Housing Authorities. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, chairHousing, cont'd on pg. 4
INSIDE this issue
Preparations Underway... page 5
Reaching Out to 'Nones' in Your Family page 6
'Pray and Love: This Is What We Must Do' page 7
