An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

Established in 1921 & Served by Augustinians

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

1921年創立、アウグスティノ会が運営

Jesus was political and so are we ~ how christians vote matters

Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Chief Rabbi: ‘Vast majority’ of suffering in Gaza is result of Palestinian leadership

Anglican Consultative Council debates Nairobi-Cairo proposals on future of Communion

‘Pervasive distrust’ in Church of England can only be restored through accountability, report warns

Archbishop of York warns of damage inflicted by religious illiteracy

Chief Rabbi: ‘Vast majority’ of suffering in Gaza is result of Palestinian leadership 

Angela Tilby: How clergy dress sends a message

5th Sunday after Trinity

Quotes of the week     

Catholic Church, U.S. government drive relief efforts in Venezuela

The proposed settlement will "resolve all lawsuits" regarding child sex abuse involving archdiocesan officials, the prelate said in a press release.
The parents argue that their right to direct the upbringing of their children is in jeopardy. The state continues to defend the law.
“People in some areas feel invisible to the government, to the aid efforts,” Father Edgar Magallanes, SJ, national director of Jesuit Relief Services Venezuela, said. “But we’re working on it.”
Abelardo De la Espriella visited the shrines of El Moro, Our Lady of the Remedies, and St. Peter Claver, and the Lord of Miracles minor basilica in a thanksgiving tour after winning the presidency.

Christian missionaries find new frontier in VRChat

The Rev. William Barber’s case against Trumpism*
The Assembly: The 1960s-style civil rights leader preaches opposition to MAGA. But in a feuding nation that’s less religious, that message might not resonate as it once did.

 

Christian missionaries find new frontier in VRChat
Religion News Service: “As crazy as it sounds, God used virtual reality to call someone into that space to lay out the gospel in its fullness,” said Stewart Freeman, a former heavy VRChat user who rediscovered his faith through virtual reality.

 

2026 isn’t the first time Christians have tried to claim the United States as their own
The Conversation: Amid celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary, assertions of the country’s religious, and specifically Christian, character have grown louder in political discourse.

 

San Francisco archdiocese to pay $395m to settle over 500 child sexual abuse claims
The Associated Press: Settlement requires the archbishop to write an apology letter to each survivor and implement child protection reforms.

 

Baptist Network created to oppose nationalism, foster Black church collaboration
Religion News Service: “We're a connector and a catalyzer, and not a denomination,” its spokesperson said in an interview.

Religion in Alabama

Religion in Alabama

Monday, June 29, 2026

Makers Church 06.28.2026

 

 We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo

Makers Church

Southern Baptists Explained in 2 Minutes

Makers church was founded in 2010 as MOSAIC San Diego. In 2017 we became Makers Church. Two years later, in another act of faith, Makers Church and North Park Baptist, a dynamic community with almost 100 years of legacy and ministry, chose to merge into something beautiful and new.

Pope Leo XIV dismisses schismatic Spanish priest

Father Flanagan "took the Catholic tenets of love, inclusion, and acceptance and he brought that to the care of children in America, when really no one had even thought of it before."
The Wabash Valley Rubber Duck Regatta started in 2018 when the advisory council for Catholic Charities Terre Haute was looking for a new way to engage with the local community.
In 2024, the priest's obstinacy had previously led his bishop, José Ignacio Munilla, to remove him from any office or position within the diocese.

Controversial Trump religious liberty commission releases report

Controversial Trump religious liberty commission releases report
USA Today: The Religious Liberty Commission’s draft report follows hearings in which commissioners and witnesses raised concerns including antisemitism, religious freedom in public education and a perceived weaponization of the law against Christians under former administrations.

 

Japanese internment camp survivors demand closure of Dilley, TX family detention center
RNS and Texas Tribune: Completing a pilgrimage from the Texas site of a World War II internment camp, interfaith activists said history is repeating itself at the nation’s only family detention facility.

 

How LGBTQ-affirming churches are confronting religious trauma
Religion News Service: Nearly half of Americans who left religion cite the mistreatment or rejection of LGBTQ+ people as an important reason. But how do the LGBTQ+ people who stay find healing?

 

‘Yesteryear’ misses the real problem with the tradwife trend*
Washington Post: When it comes to marriage and motherhood, traditional and biblical are not the same.

 

Flash flooding destroys historic Madison County church; pastor says congregation has ‘got to have faith’
WKYT: The Million Church in Kentucky was swept away by floodwaters; the community fixture was originally built as a gas station in 1929 and converted to a church in 1970.

3 Conditions for Following Jesus and Being Witnesses to His Kingdom

Leo XIV explains to the cardinals the rationale behind the four topics of the consistory and reminds them: “We are not guardians of particular interests”

ZENIT Staff

Opening Address by Pope Leo XIV at the Start of Proceedings on the First Day of the Consistory

3 Criteria for Discernment in a Consistory Based on the Common Good of the Church: Leo XIV’s Guidelines to the Cardinals

ZENIT Staff

The Pope’s Homily on the Occasion of the Opening Mass of the Extraordinary Consistory with the Cardinals

Here Is How the Morning of the First Day of the Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals Unfolded. Everything You Need to Know: Topics Discussed, Debates, Contributions, and Initial Proposals

ZENIT Staff

All groups emphasized the need for the Church to present itself as a Mother — a welcoming place (including through the restructuring of parishes) capable of acknowledging its own errors and transforming suffering into an opportunity for growth.

The Culture of Power (On the Theory of Just War): Address by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández at the Opening of the Extraordinary Consistory at the Vatican

ZENIT Staff

Address by the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Pope’s Second Extraordinary Consistory with the Cardinals

Pope Leo XIV Clarifies the Meaning of Synodality to All Cardinals: It Is Not About Who Holds Power, but How We, Together, Safeguard the Gift Entrusted to the Church

ZENIT Staff

Concluding remarks by the Holy Father on the second and final day of the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals.

How Humanity Shapes Its Own Future and the Catholic Church’s Response: Cardinal Brislin’s Address to the Pope at the Consistory

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Brislin’s Address at the Opening of the Third Session of the Extraordinary Consistory at the Vatican

A Look at the Morning of the Second Day of the Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals: Everything You Need to Know: Topics Addressed, Debates, Contributions, and Initial Proposals

ZENIT Staff

Most groups focused their reflections on understanding the deep rifts of our time — between peoples and nations, within societies, and inside families — and on how these rifts create wounds, especially among the poor, the vulnerable, the young (who lack the newness of life), and adults (who lack the wisdom that comes with age).

Report on Synodality (by Cardinal Grech) and the Short-Term Plan: Address to the Cardinals at the Consistory

ZENIT Staff

“This is not a speech intended to persuade anyone of the necessity or fruitfulness of the Synod,” said the cardinal, who added, “It is rather a modest and humble act of faith and discernment, which views the Synod through the gift of the fear of God, granted by the Holy Spirit.” This was by far the longest speech among those permitted to the speakers

Here Is How the Afternoon of the Second Day of the Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals Unfolded; The Topic Was Synodality and the Burden It Entails.

ZENIT Staff

Several Cardinals spoke on the subject. They agreed on the need to delve deeper into exploring and putting into practice the ascetic and historical dimensions of synodality, as well as the need to offer the clergy an image of the priesthood that is beautiful, creative, evangelical, and, at the same time, non-clerical.

3 Conditions for Following Jesus and Being Witnesses to His Kingdom, According to Leo XIV

ZENIT Staff

Address on the Occasion of the Angelus Prayer on Sunday, June 28, 2026

Questions about liturgy: Bell Ringing at the Consecration

Fr. Edward McNamara

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

UN Calls for the Decriminalization of Heroin and Prostitution and Supports Concealing HIV Status from Sexual Partners

Stefano Gennarini

The controversial elements in the declaration were included over objections of the Trump administration, African and Asian nations. Despite the objections, the declaration was adopted with 149 votes in favor, 8 against, 14 abstentions, and 22 absentees

The leading advocate for abortion and gender ideology who works for the UN presents her report

ZENIT Staff

Unsurprisingly, Mofokeng’s tenure as health rapporteur was celebrated by pro-abortion and LGBTQ+ groups. The organization Women Deliver delivered a statement affirming Mofokeng’s work at the Human Rights Council session where she presented her final report. The statement was co-sponsored by several other like-minded organizations and read by a “proud African trans woman” who concluded by asserting that “access to gender affirming care has been life-saving

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Catholic Charities sues Michigan in federal court

EWTN News In Depth’s Mark Irons reports on "Data Center Alley" in the Diocese of Arlington in light of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas.
The state "singled out and punished" the Catholic ministry because it operates in accordance with the Church, the lawsuit claims.
The pope thanked the College of Cardinals for their work during a two-day extraordinary consistory, highlighting their reflections on war, poverty, and social fragmentation.

Trinity North Park 06.28.2026

 

 We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo

Trinity United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church

Trinity United Methodist Church has been part of the North Park community since 1915, bringing warmth and connection to our neighbors for over 100 years. We seek to KNOW, LOVE, and SERVE God and our neighbors through study, worship, community events, outreach and service projects, and having fun together! We'd love to have you join us as we grow in faith and love here in North Park.