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My Night of Tornadoes: Jill’s Story Part I
“The evening of Memorial Day, 2019 started out as a regular night. We had a chill night—my husband Jason and I and Cash, one of my dogs, were sitting on the front porch. We had no idea storms were coming in. Then the skies went dark. When the rain started, I got the...
2019 Tornadoes: An Avalanche of Needs
The area surrounding Queen of Martyrs Parish in North Dayton is filled with hard-working families not used to needing nor asking for help. That self-sufficiency was tested a year ago when a devastating F4 tornado, carrying 170 mph winds, left a path of destruction in...
The Longest I’ve Ever Been Anywhere—and Making It
Donny H. says his apartment and the new garden at Key Terrace in Kettering have given him roots for the first time in a long time. Key Terrace is a permanent supportive housing complex — owned by Miami Valley Housing Opportunities, with supportive services offered by...
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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Reflections For July 7, 2019) Gospel: (Luke 10:1-12,17-20) At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask...
Casseroles Provide a Hearty Meal to Guests in Gateway Shelters
We serve three meals a day, 365 days a year in our Gateway shelters. Casseroles are a great way to assist in feeding our guests! o For the Gateway Shelter for Men, we require about 20 casseroles to serve all guests for one lunch or dinner meal. o For the Gateway...
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Gospel: (Luke 24:46-53) Jesus said to his disciples: “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ...
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Gospel: (John 14:23-29) Jesus said to his disciples: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him…I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will...
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Gospel: (John 13:31-33) When Judas had left them, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a...
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