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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Ramirez named president, CEO of RMHC
The Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Southwest Board of Directors announces Emmanuel Ramirez as the president and CEO.
“Emmanuel brings a wealth of experience as he has been with RMHC for more than 5 years and was previously serving as CFO at our RMHC house in Lubbock. We believe Emmanuel has the vision and leadership qualities that will carry the organization far into the future all while serving our most important mission of keeping families close in their greatest times of need and healing,” said board chairman Ty Jones in a news release.
Preface
The ministry entrusted to the bishop is a service of unity both within his diocese and of unity between the local church and the universal church. That ministry therefore has special significance in the search for the unity of all Christ’s followers. The bishop’s responsibility for promoting Christian unity is clearly affirmed in the Code of Canon Law of the Latin Church among the tasks of his pastoral office: “He is to act with humanity and charity toward the brothers and sisters who are not in full communion with the Catholic Church and is to foster ecumenism as it is understood by the Church” (Can 383 §3 CIC 1983). In this respect, the bishop cannot consider the promotion of the ecumenical cause as one more task in his varied ministry, one that could and should be deferred in view of other, apparently more important, priorities. The bishop’s ecumenical engagement is not an optional dimension of his ministry but a duty and obligation. This appears even more clea
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UCM Texas State held worship outside, as pictured above. This provided students on campus a place to go when few other gatherings were occurring.
Submitted photo Fri, 12/11/2020 - 12:00am
MATT CURRY | SPECIAL TO THE PRESBYTERIAN NEWS SERVICE
Thursday, December 10, 2020
When Jesse Hernandez arrived at Texas State University four years ago, he and a friend began looking for campus ministries.
“We felt really comfortable with United Campus Ministry at Texas State and felt very welcome in the space,” said Hernandez, 23, a theater major from Austin. “I stepped into the role of worship leader, and I definitely found a call to worship leader after that.”
Readers Forum, Dec. 11, 2020: Execution violence must end in U.S.
Letters to the Editor: Opinions from readers on issues of the day Dec 10, 2020
Execution violence must end in U.S.
We are saddened and troubled by the news that after a 17-year moratorium, our federal government has decided to resume state-sponsored and sanctioned execution at the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute.
The murder of a human person by another human person is abhorrent and deeply painful. Like you, we grieve the murder of any person and reach out in pastoral care for those who mourn their deaths. However, it is important to underscore that the United States of America is the only developed nation that continues to believe that state-sponsored execution is a deterrent to others who commit violent crimes, including murder.Â