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Liturgical Press @litpress.bsky.social · 18d

Our director Therese Ratliff and editor for pastoral and parish resources Justin Huyck are at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week with publishers from all over the world, sharing our catalog of books and discussing industry trends!

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · 19h

Fatma Tanis (NPR) on the lost opportunity in Uganda with the cancellation of USAID funding, and how it was ripped away from those who were promised a lifeline. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

They were promised a lifeline to 'graduate' from poverty. Then it was taken away

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts.

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · 19h

Tim Rohn (Politico): "[W]hatever direct connection between a migrant’s behavior and a decision to arrest them might once have existed, that connection is now broken. . . .there is no longer any distinction between 'applying for asylum' and 'entering illegally.'"
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

What I Saw at the Epicenter of Trump’s War on ‘Illegals’

Migrants thought they were following the rules. Then the rules changed.

www.politico.com

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · Sep 11

What Sept. 11 teaches us about death and resurrection.
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What September 11 teaches us about death and resurrection

YouTube video by America - The Jesuit Review

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Apr 4

What I love about this story is that the pastor went to a workshop, learned about sensory rooms for the first time, and asked an expert parishioner to lead the charge to build one. This is ministry! www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

First-of-its-kind sensory room at church welcomes neurodivergent parishioners

“Having a sensory room in a place of worship is probably more important than anywhere else because everyone should feel welcome in their faith.”

www.americamagazine.org

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Liturgical Press @litpress.bsky.social · Mar 4

We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of author, Nathan Chase. He was a man of deep faith, who in recent years served as Assistant Professor of Aquinas Institute of Theology (St. Louis, MO) and Co-editor of Pray Tell Blog. May perpetual light shine upon him. praytellblog.com/index.php/20...

Remembering Nathan Chase (1990-2025) - PrayTellBlog

EDITOR -- We mourn the passing of Nathan Chase. May he rest in peace.

praytellblog.com

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Feb 24

This is a moving interview from @colleendulle.com of America Magazine on Pope Francis's health and why many feel so connected to him as our Holy Father. May our God of peace and healing strengthen him in this time. m.youtube.com/watch?v=NbXQ...

Pope Francis shows ‘slight improvement’ fighting pneumonia

YouTube video by ABC News

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Robert Ellsberg @robertellsberg.bsky.social · Feb 1

Today is the feast of St. Brigid of Ireland. Friends at Sober St Patrick’s Day made this beautiful short film based on my reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social Enjoy!

St Brigid of Ireland

YouTube video by Sober St. Patrick's Day

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Jan 16

Clarke: "Many actors in that new media realm are unrestrained by facts or traditions of journalistic ethics, trading in hyperbole, insinuation and thorough fabrications produced by bought-and-paid-for influencers, political operatives and assorted flim-flam artists."

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Jan 16

@clarkeatamerica.bsky.social:"You know who is not getting rid of fact-checking? The editors & journalists in the much-derided legacy media...news sources many Americans have abandoned in exchange for an emerging mediascape of podcasting commentary & fabulism" www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...

Facebook, fact-checking and the case for giving legacy media another chance

You know who is not getting rid of fact-checking? The editors and journalists in the much-derided legacy media.

www.americamagazine.org

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Jan 15

“There’s never a time when they can relax a little bit,” said Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University. “That’s a really challenging and exhausting thing to ask someone to do."

www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on

Most Americans have developed some level of protection against severe disease from previous COVID-19 infections, vaccinations or both. But immunocompromised people like Scarbro, who has common variabl...

www.pbs.org

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Dec 29

The human family & today's Feast of the Holy Family: Do we allow baptismal virtues (Colossians 3) to soften our hearts, that we may protect the human dignity of every person in these callous times? | Text in graphic from my Baptism: Alive in Christ @litpress.bsky.social: litpress.org/Products/640...

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Nov 27

Happy Thanksgiving! Check out this great story on the many culinary talents of Brother Aelred Senna, Publisher of @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

Monk’s talents in the kitchen highlighted in new cookbook - The Central Minnesota Catholic

It’s not every day that you hear a Benedictine monastery being mentioned on a cooking show. But in late October Saint John’s Abbey was included in an episode of “The Splendid Table,” a National Public...

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Nov 26

I was fortunate to have a great convo with Terkel in the early 2000s when I was a page at the Chicago Historical Society's Research Center (and he was Distinguished Scholar in Residence). He threw down some wisdom but then promptly got me talking about my family - I can say I was a Studs interview!

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Liturgical Press @litpress.bsky.social · Nov 22

Welcome to the Liturgical Press official Bluesky account! We're excited to be here! Follow along to hear about our authors, books, and current happenings in the Church.

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Nov 22

Pope Francis on "covertly prefabricated histories" & "exclusionary memories": "The work of historians and knowledge of their findings are of decisive importance today and can serve as an antidote to this lethal regime of hatred that rests on ignorance and prejudice" press.vatican.va/content/sala...

Letter of the Holy Father on the renewal of the study of Church history

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Nov 18

Housekeeping Part III: I am also the author of two books with Liturgical Press and Little Rock Scripture Study: Baptism, Alive in Christ and From Home to Home, Finding Meaning in Mobility | More about my ministry background, speaking, and writing here: www.faithshape.org/about/

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Nov 18

Housekeeping Part II: I am Editor of Pastoral and Parish Resources at Liturgical Press, a position I started this year after 20 years in ministry. I work remotely from Ohio, but was pleased to be at Liturgical Press and Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota for a regular visit last week | www.litpress.org

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Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social · Nov 18

Welcome to those connecting with me on Bluesky! Housekeeping: The posts before this were imported or re-posted from those that previously appeared on Twitter, except that links (e.g. to articles) were removed, and re-tweets or quoted posts were not imported.