Sleeping Around Town “Sleeping Around the Village” has taken on a new and welcome meeting for Debbie & I. Walking in someone else’s shoes, even just to “Try them on” can only give me a cloudy glimpse into world of my neighbors who are homeless. We had the comfort of people we know, and strangers we did not know check in on our well-being. Of course we relied on the fact that we do have a home to return to at the end of the night. I have much more to reflect on this, and a short post cannot do justice on the impact of friends and caring strangers who were both “Present” and a present to us last night. Stay tuned to more reflections before the week is out. Again thank you to all who joined us in this street ministry! God Bless! (Steve Yusko) My wife, Deborah Thorman- Yusko knows a little bit about our homeless neighbors, and she has been able to dispel the prejudice I harbored in the essence of my ignorance. Last night was a blessing & an opportunity to “teach myself a l
Deacon of "Nones" The growth of Americans who consider themselves religiously unaffiliated is on the rise. Pew Research estimates that six in ten fall into the category of "Nones". Bishop Robert Barron, the popular online evangelist spoke about the need to reach the "nones" at the recent Bishop's conference in Baltimore this past November. “ The young people aren’t going to come to us,” said Barron. “We have to go out to them.” Suspended* I've called on the Church to be more transparent and for full disclosure, on November 13th, I had received a Decree of Suspension as a Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Rockville Centre. (Which was rescinded once the diocese realized they had rushed to judgment and used the wrong Canon Law, however, the restrictions remain in place on my ministry) November 13th, the day Felix was asked to leave November 13, 2019, was monumental in my new vocation as a Permanent Deacon in the Roman Catholic Church.