He appealed to arms manufacturers and dealers“to completely stop their activity” because, he said, “it foments violence and war, it contributes to those awful geopolitical games which cost millions of lives displaced and millions dead.”Ħ. He declared that “annual deaths from hunger may exceed those of Covid!”ĥ. He called on the great food corporations“to stop imposing monopolistic systems of production and distribution that inflate prices and end up withholding bread from the hungry.” He highlighted “the scourge of the food crisis” in the world and noted that in this year alone “20 million people have been dragged down to extreme level of food insecurity” while “severe destitution has increased” and “the price of food has risen sharply.” He mentioned horrific numbers of people suffering in Syria, Haiti, Congo, Senegal, Yemen, South Sudan and other places. He pleaded with “ the great extractive industries-mining, oil, forestry, real estate, agribusiness-to stop destroying forests, wetlands and mountains, to stop polluting rivers and seas, to stop poisoning food and people.”Ĥ. He called on financial groups and international credit institutions“to allow poor countries to assure ‘the basic needs of their people’ and to cancel those debts that so often are contracted against the interests of those same peoples.”ģ. He appealed to them: “Make a gesture of humanity and allow every country, every people, every human being, to have access to the vaccines.” He reminded them that there are countries “where only three or four percent of the inhabitants have been vaccinated.” Though he did not mention it, most countries in Africa fall into this category.Ģ. He asked “ the great pharmaceutical laboratories to release the patents” of the Covid-19 vaccines. The government sponsored their murder (along with their housekeeper and her daughter) but were eventually caught in their lies and prosecuted.ġ. This week is the anniversary of Jesuits being killed in El Salvador in 1989-one of whom was a friend of mine. What follows is the concrete application of the gospel to real life issues. He addressed the universal community and reminded it of what the gospel calls all people to practice. in the Village of Merrill.įor a change of pace, instead of addressing the Sunday readings, this week’s bulletin reports the guidance of Pope Francis. Patrick campus is located on Meridian Road just south That is used for various functions throughout the year. Housing for the Director of Faith Formation as well as a parish hall Patrick parish, as well as other devotional prayers and ritualsĪnd some weekday Masses. Of certain Holy days, weddings and funerals of former parishioners This worship site is used for the celebration Occasional use in the Planning Tomorrow Parishes plan for theĭiocese of Saginaw. Patrick Church-Ryan is designated as a church for This property also has connected to the church a parish hall and aįew educational areas that are used for various functions. Midland Street and Church Street in the village of Merrill. Sacred Heart Church is located at the corner When someone with a connection to the former parish of Sacred Heart requests Though the main worship site is in Hemlock, this site is usedįor one Sunday celebration of the Eucharist as well as for funerals and weddings Sacred Heart Church in Merrill is designated as a church for additional use for The church is located on Gratiot Road (M-46)Īnd the address of the Office and Education Center is John XXIII Parish as well as the location of the Parish OfficesĪnd main Education Center. Mary Church in Hemlock has been designated by Bishop Cistone as the Primary Questions not answered here, please contact us.
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