Human Concerns

When was the last time you were hungry -- really hungry?  
Last summer, over 7% of the population in Wisconsin - 280,000 people - said they had hunger in the last 7 days.  They represent a fraction of the 35% of Wisconsin households who do not earn enough to afford the basics where they live. 

On Sunday, April 6, at 1:00 pm in the All Saints hall, the multi-parish Hello, Neighbor collaboration presents Shattered, an interactive poverty simulation which allows participants to experience the tradeoffs required when resources are stretched. This immersive program is designed for ages 10 and up, and includes a meal.  Seats are limited, and pre-registration is required. 

Click here to register!
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Hello, Neighbor is a partnership between All Saints, Holy Angels Parish in West Bend and Lumen Christi Parish in Mequon with support from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Office of Urban Ministry. The Hello, Neighbor series seeks to intentionally build community between the three parishes while also raising awareness on racial injustice within our area. Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread is the theme for the 2025 Hello, Neighbor series, which will focus on food insecurity as it relates to poverty and how it disproportionately impacts people of color. The three parishes support a number of local food pantries, which will be featured throughout the series.

Just this week, Pope Francis wrote to the US bishops, "Jesus Christ is the true Emmanuel (cf. Mt 1:23); he did not live apart from the difficult experience of being expelled from his own land because of an imminent risk to his life, and from the experience of having to take refuge in a society and a culture foreign to his own. The Son of God, in becoming man, also chose to live the drama of immigration." 

• Pope Franics's letter to the US bishops
• WI Catholic Conference pastoral letter on migration chaired by Archbishop Grob
• WCC press release announcing pastoral letter on migration

End of Life Planning: Now and at the Hour of Our Death 
A Pastoral Letter from the Roman Catholic Bishops of Wisconsin on End of Life Decisions

They have published the 4th edition of the pastoral letter, Now and at the Hour of Our Death, to share the Church’s moral guidance and helpful resources to help prepare for the end of life and relieve some of the pain, sadness, and anxiety that dying entails. The letter includes Church teaching on a wide variety of issues at the end of life, including:

• Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia 
• Ordinary & Extraordinary Measures 
• Measures Withheld or Withdrawn 
• Nutrition & Hydration 
• Palliative Care & Hospice
• Pain Management 
• Redemptive Suffering 
• Organ Donation 
• Spiritual & Sacramental Needs 
• Funeral Planning 
• Advance Care Planning
• Power of Attorney for Health Care 
• Living Wills & POLST 
• Burial & Cremation 
• Alkaline Hydrolysis 
• Human Composting

The Lumen Christi Care for Creation Committee is excited to share the following six-part video series recently created by the Catholic Climate Covenant, a national organization seeking to unfold creation care as an integral aspect of Church practices and ministries. The series titled, "God's Creation Needs You", features six Catholic communities across the nation caring for our common home through climate action, advocacy, farming, community organizing, service to others, solar energy, education, prayer and a focus on environmental justice. 

• Video #1: Catholic Youth In Action
• Video #2: A Hampton, VA Parish Is Changing The World!
• Video #3: Education, Action, And Faith With Creation Care Teams (Houston, TX)
• Video #4: Caring For Creation: Healing The Soil And Feeding Souls
• Video #5: Inspired By Faith To Protect Their Community
• Video #6: Faith-Driven Environmental Justice