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A Deacon’s Diary: A Deacon and His Dad

A Deacon’s Diary: A Deacon and His Dad

by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Dec 29, 2022 | A Deacon's Diary, The Jesuits    ~ Approx. 4 mins

I’m in Kansas City, Missouri. It’s Christmas time and I’m in my hometown visiting family and friends. And this is my first Christmas season as an ordained minister! My dad attends St. John Francis Regis Parish. It’s not a Jesuit parish, though it is named after a...

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Drawing on Pope Leo’s apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te, Nate Cortas SJ reflects that welcoming migrants isn't a political preference but a Gospel demand. In the stranger at our door Christians encounter the living presence of Jesus Himself.

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