The Catholic Church has been active for 2000+ years and has initiated and developed many valuable programs and services. Based on the vision and teaching of Jesus, though, probably the two most important responsibilities of the church are not building schools and hospitals—valuable, even necessary as that is–but [1] providing the eucharist in which the people of God are united with Jesus their head and [2] serving the poor which Jesus constantly spoke about. Today I was at St. Frances of Rome Church, one of the oldest parishes in Louisville.
