Ethel Mae Matthews and the Emmaus House in Atlanta

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At his hotels, there is no porn available on guest room televisions, but there are rosaries and crucifixes. He has installed prayer chapels in some properties, and at company Christmas parties, he leads some of his firm’s 1,700 employees in grace before the meal. On the other side of the chapel wall is Busch’s law firm and Pacific Hospitality Group, a private company with interests in upscale hotels and resorts.

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When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope in 2013, he was the first non-European in more than a thousand years and the first Latin American ever to ascend to the papacy. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he rode the city bus and celebrated Mass in shantytowns, and had a harsh view of unfettered free markets that he was quick to express. Francis has condemned abortion repeatedly, but refused to write off those who disagree.

Ethel Mae Matthews and the Emmaus House in Atlanta

He set up an after-school program, once-a-month transportation to Reidsville State Prison for family members of inmates, chapel services, hot meals, and a poverty rights office. He led efforts for welfare rights, neighborhood empowerment, and racial justice. Unlike more moderate or conservative visions of Black Power, it attributed far less value to the pursuit of economic nationalism and put less stock in the symbolic importance of black ownership or control. Black empowerment—political or economic—was prized only where it served the greater cause of reforming and democratizing American institutions and society in the pursuit of social, economic, and racial justice for all. Perhaps most significantly, it reflected a black working-class feminist ideology that strongly emphasized reproductive rights. To accomplish these strategic priorities, Emmaus House uses a two-generation approach to address the needs of the entire family — children and parents together — so they can experience academic achievement and sustained economic success.

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His road to influence in the church came through money and willingness to go around bishops to get things done. When contacted by The Times for this story, friends said Busch had recently developed his own worries about divisions in the church and was quietly working to address the discord that some blame at least partially on him. Offering emergency rent and utility assistance, Georgia State ID vouchers, a food pantry, and more, our Drop-in Help Center may be able to help you. An individual’s spiritual life in any belief is an important part of one’s journey to fulfillment and independence.

At the Vatican, a respectful dialogue about reforming the church; in the U.S., a high-profile display of old-school church power. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. A Host Home is an arrangement where a client chooses to live with another individual or family who provides support in their newly shared home. Our theory of change relies on the participation and support of neighborhood residents, the Episcopal Diocese and parishes, Emmaus House (EH) staff, board, volunteers, donors, and partners.

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At Emmaus you will spend three busy but very enjoyable days, in retreat. You will live and study together in singing, prayer, worship, and discussion. These talks present the theme of God’s grace, and how that grace comes alive in the Christian Community and expresses itself in the world. You’ll also discover how grace is real in your life, and how you can live in the life of grace, bringing grace to others. You will have the opportunity to participate in the daily celebration of Holy Communion, and to begin to understand more fully the presence of Christ in His body of believers. You will experience God’s grace personally through prayers and acts of service of a living support community.

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More than 80% of priests ordained after 2020 identify as conservative or orthodox, according to Catholic University research, and the sermons they preach, the counsel they give in the confessional and the ministries they support are likely to reflect their views. He said his views had evolved, revealed that one of his brothers was gay, and pledged to follow the example of recently installed Francis, who had famously said about gay people, “Who am I to judge? He is emphatically opposed to abortion, even comparing it to hiring a hit man.

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Gene Ferguson, a leading figure at the center, was also a member of the small but committed cadre of local Black Panther Party activists. Along with Columbus Ward (another Black Panther), Ferguson taught local children at Emmaus House about black history and ran numerous other programs. For example, the “Liberators,” an after-school children’s club, provided meals and educational field trips to city government buildings and museum, and offered arts and drama classes for local youngsters. The following year, Emmaus House worked with several local black ministers and residents in dozens of Atlanta’s housing projects to establish Tenants United for Fairness (TUFF), a city-wide tenants’ rights activist group. Like many local welfare rights groups, TUFF was predominantly female-led.

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Father Ford was inspired to move to Peoplestown in 1967 to advocate for justice during the civil rights movement. Likewise, we are inspired to begin the next chapter with a renewed sense of purpose. In July 1968, following a visit from a National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) speaker, Emmaus House became the launching pad for a vibrant local welfare rights movement. It oversaw the formation of the first local welfare rights group, who chose Matthews as their leader. Emmaus House provided vital organizational support that resulted in the formation of numerous NWRO chapters in disadvantaged black neighborhoods across Atlanta.

In the years that followed, TUFF’s battles with the Atlanta Housing Authority resulted in significant victories for local blacks. These included improved leases, better housing code enforcement, and the establishment of a grievance review procedure that was the first of its kind (and that later became a national requirement in public housing). Under the leadership of Father Ford and subsequent executive directors, Emmaus House has evolved over the past 50 years into a valuable resource for the Peoplestown community. Its staff and advisory board continue to serve the neighborhood in client-responsive and measurable ways that help families to move toward economic self-sufficiency and children to succeed in school and to create pathways to college and career success.

William Doino Jr., a conservative Catholic writer who admires Francis, said that the pope “is a victim of mistaken identity” from both progressives who see him as a radical revolutionary and conservatives who view him as caving to the world. Francis has rolled his eyes at what he sees as conservatives’ blind focus on sexual transgressions. The broad themes are the wisdom of conservative Catholicism, and its corollary, what’s wrong with America today. The sources of outrage are sometimes indistinguishable from GOP talking points — from the New York Times’ “1619 Project” to hipster socialism to antifa violence. In Texas, Strickland instructed his priests to read a statement at Masses saying he found the allegations credible.

The above story provides the image for Emmaus, an Upper Room program that calls forth and renews Christian discipleship. Like its predecessor, Cursillo de Christiandad (Spanish for “short course in Christianity”), the Walk to Emmaus is a three-day experience which takes a New Testament look at Christianity as a lifestyle. It is a highly structured weekend designed to strengthen and renew the faith of Christian people, and through them their families, congregations and the world in which they live. Emmaus is a combined effort of laity and clergy toward the renewal of the church. We offer emergency shelter for both families and individuals, with the goal of providing not just a place to sleep but also services to help those who are homeless get back on their feet.The Emmaus Family House program serves up to 54 homeless families at one time.