[Sundaycommunity] SOSNG PROGRAM for Sunday November 16

[Tina Neves]

Thanks Sylvia, how sad!...

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025, 1:35 PM sylvia skrepichuk via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Unfortunately the US Bishops just elected as their new president a bishop
> connected to the Napa Institute,  a very conservative think tank,,,MAGA
> Their "Special Statement " on Immigrants was more an anomaly.
> Peace
> Sylvia
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> Sent from my Galaxy
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Brian Halferty via Sundaycommunity <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca>
> Date: 2025-11-13 12:00 p.m. (GMT-05:00)
> To: Sunday Community <sundaycommunity at integralshift.ca>
> Cc: Brian Halferty <bhalferty at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: [Sundaycommunity] SOSNG PROGRAM for Sunday November 16
>
> Friends,
>
> This Sunday coming up, November 16, 2025, is the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary
> Time -- very close to the end of the liturgical year. The program of songs
> and responses for Sunday is attached below.
>
> This Sunday is also designated as "World Day of the Poor." In recent days,
> the American Conference of Catholic Bishops have met in Baltimore, and they
> issued a "Special Statement." Such a statement can only be approved by the
> bishops meeting together and must receive at least a two-thirds majority
> vote.  This statement was directed particularly at the question of how
> immigrants are being treated in the United States, and it passed by a vote
> of 216 to 5, with 3 abstentions.
>
> In this statement, the bishops wrote, "We feel compelled now in this
> environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity."
> Further on in their statement they say, "As pastors, we look to Sacred
> Scripture and the example of the Lord Himself, where we find the wisdom of
> God's compassion.  The priority of the Lord, as the Prophets remind us, is
> for those who are most vulnerable: the widow, the orphan, the poor, and the
> stranger."
>
> It's good to see the American bishops standing up strongly and publicly
> against the unjust actions of their own government. We all need to be in
> solidarity with the poor and the marginalized, to stand up for them and
> with them, to give of ourselves for their benefit. It appears that our own
> Canadian government is reducing its support for the needs of the poor in
> our own country and in the world at large.  We have to consider carefully
> how to react to this, and how to maintain our level of societal concern for
> those who need our help.
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> Best wishes,
>
> Brian
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>
> *Brian Halferty*
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