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Youth from several parishes and high schools from the Diocese of Lansing filled six buses and traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 2020 March for Life on Friday, Jan. 24, according to Brian Flynn, director of middle and high school ministry for the diocese. In addition to attending the Mass and Rally for Life at the Capital One Arena in Washington, participants also visited the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception for prayer and a tour.
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Bishop Earl Boyea was invited to address the Lansing City Council on Jan. 17 in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He used the occasion to explain the Catholic Church’s teaching on racism. “One of the great principles of Catholic Social Teaching is solidarity, as a manifestation of brotherhood and sisterhood. We are to achieve this solidarity by creating ‘a more just social order where tensions are better able to be reduced and conflicts more readily settled by negotiation.’ (CCC #1940) “I believe the foundation for the common dignity of all human beings rests solidly on the fact of our common origin in God. Our dignity is not something we confer on ourselves or on one another. Rather, we are endowed with that dignity from our wise and loving creator. We are told in the Acts of the Apostles, ‘God shows no partiality.’ (Acts 10:34) St. Paul affirmed this truth to the Galatians, ‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.’ (Gal 3:28)
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“Some may wonder why God allowed all these differences. There is no other reason than that they can be the opportunity for the exchange of gifts, something that is made possible when we are kind, generous, and open to one another.” Visit dioceseoflansing.org for the text of the bishop’s full address.
