Emmaus Blog

 Monday, August 18, 2025:   The Dorothea Project is a growing movement of Catholic women called to live our faith out loud. Katie Holler has watched with horror as migrants in the United States have been violently detained, some separated from their families and children. The case of a Cuban mother deported without her still-nursing baby especially anguished Holler, a Catholic and the mom of two young children herself.  " I have a 6-month-old baby. How distressing that would be to me as a mother to be separated from a baby I'm breastfeeding," said Holler, a social worker who lives in Steubenville, Ohio. "These are vulnerable people, people we as Catholics say we love and want to support, and yet this administration is doing the exact opposite of what our faith demands us to do." Even more frightening for Holler has been the rise of authoritarianism under Donald Trump, which she sees some of her fellow Catholics shrugging off, or even supporting. A few months int...

Saturday, August 16, 2025:  This whole thing is what I call the mystery of participation Before our personal conversion, we tend to think God is out there -- think the ceiling of the sistine chapel God with flowing white beard. After a personal transformation, God is not out there but inside each of us as the circle of the Divine expands to include all living beings and non-living things, the ever expanding universe and a wholly different experience  We’re in the middle of it now; we’re a part of it. This whole thing is what I call the mystery of participation.  Paul is obsessed with the idea that we’re all participating in something bigger than ourselves. “In Christ” is his code phrase for this new participatory life. In fact, he uses the phrase “in Christ” 164 times to describe this organic unity and participation in Christ. “I live no longer, not I; but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20) . “In Christ” is his code phrase for this new participatory life.  “I no lo...

Sunda y, August 10, 2025 : Join Us TODAY for our Emmaus Celebration either at Christ Church United Methodist in Santa Rosa or on ZOOM! We begin with welcoming at 3:45 In Person  in Classroom 8 at Christ Church United Methodist 1717 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa,  Or  Join our Emmaus Celebration on Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=81718819732 Passcode: 1234 Meeting ID: 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234 Emmaus Celebration for Sunday, August 10, 2025: It was a Sunny day in Berkeley and Kay Jorgensen was in seminary studying to become a Unitarian priest. This particular day, she was walking down Shattuck Avenue to get herself some lunch when suddenly she felt something hit her upper arm. She stopped, turned, and saw a man standing at the bottom of the BART station steps. He waved and pointed and yelled up to her, “They’re down there!” She looked down and, indeed, there were two pennies. She reached down to pick them up and thought, “Well, now…that’s strange...

Saturday, August 9, 2025 : Join Us Tomorrow Afternoon for our Emmaus Celebration either at Christ Church United Methodist in Santa Rosa or on ZOOM! We begin with welcoming at 3:45 In Person  in Classroom 8 at Christ Church United Methodist 1717 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa,  Or  Join our Emmaus Celebration on Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=81718819732 Passcode: 1234 Meeting ID: 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234 Emmaus Celebration for Sunday, August 10, 2025: It was a Sunny day in Berkeley and Kay Jorgensen was in seminary studying to become a Unitarian priest. This particular day, she was walking down Shattuck Avenue to get herself some lunch when suddenly she felt something hit her upper arm. She stopped, turned, and saw a man standing at the bottom of the BART station steps. He waved and pointed and yelled up to her, “They’re down there!” She looked down and, indeed, there were two pennies. She reached down to pick them up and thought, “Well, now…t...