CACG Must Reads - October 5, 2011

Margaret Fosmoe at the South Bend Tribune, on a new traveling exhibit on the contributions that religious women have made to America:

http://www.southbendtribune.com/entertainment/inthebend/sbt-20111002sbtmichd-03-02-20111002,0,6681692.story

Michael Sean Winters, writing at the National Catholic Reporter, looks at the USCCB decision not to alter “Faithful Citizenship”: http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/faithful-citizenship-update

The always readable Barbara Ehrenreich on the scurrilous attacks on the rich: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rich-people-demonized-for-flaunting-their-wealth-are-under-attack/2011/09/28/gIQAcJn4AL_story.html

The Diocese of Venice, Florida, teams up with government agencies to build housing for poor farm workers: http://www.news-press.com/article/20110928/NEWS01/110928017/1075/Diocese-Venice-enlists-Fort-Myers-company-build-farmworker-housing-complex-DeSoto?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Archbishop J. Peter Sartain’s wonderful homily at the Red Mass in Washington, D.C.:

http://ncrnews.org/documents/SartainHomily-RedMass-10.02.11.pdf

America magazine features a podcast with the lovable Father James Martin, S.J. discussing his new book, “Between Heaven and Mirth”: http://www.americamagazine.org/content/podcast/podcast-index.cfm?series_id=1288

Paul Moses, at Commonweal, on everyone’s favorite saint: http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/suffering-saint