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We called for gun control after MLK and RFK’s assassinations in 1968. We could have written the same editorial today. | Pastor Daniel Myers kneels in front of crosses bearing the names of Tuesday's shooting victims while praying for them at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) | |
On May 24, a deranged young man stormed Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., and shot and killed 19 children and two teachers. It was the deadliest school shooting since the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012. Officials said the gunman also shot his grandmother in the face and left her wounded in her home before driving a pickup truck at a high speed and crashing it through a barrier outside the school. The 18-year-old suspect was killed by law enforcement officers.
My tenure as editor in chief of America is now bookmarked by the two deadliest mass shootings of children in American history. The carnage at Sandy Hook Elementary School occurred during the first six months of my tenure. The slaughter in Uvalde has occurred just a few months before my tenure ends. In the decade between these gruesome milestones, America reported or commented on mass shootings in the United States approximately 171 times, or about once per month. READ MORE
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School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where
Education Week’s 2022 School Shooting Tracker
January 05, 2022 | Updated: May 25, 2022
School shootings—terrifying to students, educators, parents, and communities—always reignite polarizing debates about gun rights and school safety. To bring context to these debates, Education Week journalists began tracking shootings on K-12 school property that resulted in firearm-related injuries or deaths.
In 2022, we continue this heartbreaking, but important work. More information about this tracker and our methodology is below.
There have been 27 school shootings this year. There have been 119 school shootings since 2018, when Education Week began tracking such incidents. The highest number of shootings, 34, occurred last year. There were 10 shootings in 2020, and 24 each in 2019 and 2018. READ MORE
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Editor's Note: Our own parishioner, Firmin DeBrabander, posted this article in The Atlantic a few days after the January 6th insurrection of 2021. It seems as though as things were then, they seem to be that way still. | |
The Gun-Rights Movement Fed America’s Insurrectionist Fever Dreams
The NRA and its allies have argued for years that citizens need to arm themselves for a fight against tyranny.
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Much of the blame for last week’s horrific assault on the Capitol lies with the president and his allies; that much is clear. But another force in society has done more than its part, inculcating insurrectionist fantasies in the American mind for decades: the gun-rights movement.
Since the 1990s, the idea that Americans would need to band together and violently overthrow the government has been the key to establishing and expanding the market for guns. It has also been used to justify citizens’ right to march around in public with assault rifles slung casually over a shoulder or hoisted high at angry protests. The argument for self-defense only goes so far, you see. READ MORE
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Shooting survivor shares why Christians need to offer more than thoughts and prayers
‘If God’s answer to our prayers is one that requires personal sacrifice, are we willing to hear that?’ said Taylor Schumann, author of ‘When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough.’
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Diego Esquivel, left, and Linda Klaasson comfort each other May 25, 2022, as they gather to honor the victims killed in Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
(RNS) — When she heard about the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, it all came back to Taylor Schumann.
How she hid in a closet as a gunman walked into the satellite campus of New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, where she was working at the front desk, just inside the entrance.
How the gunman, a student she didn’t know, fired through the door of the closet where she hid, ripping apart her left hand. Shrapnel lodged in her eye and chest. READ MORE
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16 Facts About Gun Violence And School Shootings
Gun violence and school shootings are a uniquely American epidemic. Sandy Hook Promise is shining a light on these vital facts and statistics.
Alert: Read our statement about the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Every number you see stands for a person, often a child, with hopes, dreams, and loved ones who cherished them. Children and families in the U.S. are facing a vast problem, but you can help. Share these facts, know the signs, and act to protect them before it’s too late. READ MORE
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JOIN PAX CHRISTI USA AT THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
MORAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON, JUNE 18
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USE THIS LINK TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE ON JUNE 18
Pax Christi USA supports the Poor People’s Campaign’s efforts to fight interlocking injustices— systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the war economy, and religious nationalism — and its commitment to a moral revival led by the 140 million poor and low-income people in this country.
On June 18, Pax Christi USA members will be part of this historic gathering to revive and renew the heart and soul of our democracy — please join us! Catholics will celebrate Mass in downtown Washington, D.C. on the morning of the March — details about location and time will be announced closer to the date. After sharing the Eucharist, we will process together to join the tens of thousands of other March participants.
USE THIS LINK TO REGISTER
We look forward to seeing you in Washington!
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Archbishop William E. Lori joyfully invites you to the Archdiocesan Mass and Eucharistic procession to celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
June 19, 2022, 11 a.m.
The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
5200 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210
An outdoor procession on Cathedral grounds will immediately follow Mass.
This celebration is a family-friendly event with Kona Ice and outdoor inflatable bouncers on-site. Recent First Communicants are encouraged to wear their First Communion outfits.
This Mass brings a close to the Archdiocese’s Year of the Eucharist and ushers in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop’s National Eucharistic Revival.
Listen to an interview with Bishop Andrew Cozzens about the National Eucharistic Revival on Catholic Review Radio.
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Dear members and friends of St. Ignatius Parish,
You are invited to join Embracing God’s Gifts, our parish’s LGBTQ+ ministry, and walk in this year‘s annual Baltimore pride parade. We would love to have family members and allies of LGBTQ+ individuals to join us once again. As in past years, we will assemble in Charles Village in the early afternoon on Saturday, June 25th to walk in solidarity with other welcoming faith communities in the greater Baltimore area. In this collective effort, we strive to remind the LGBTQ+ community that there are many faith congregations who welcome, affirm, and celebrate them.
Please contact Gordon Creamer at themissionbridge@yahoo.com for more details and to register.
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