Dan Morris-Young

Dan Morris-Young is NCR's former West Coast correspondent. He is also a veteran of the Catholic press, having warmed the seats of the editor's chair at Catholic newspapers in Spokane, Oakland, Seattle, Little Rock and San Francisco. He authored a syndicated humor column for Catholic News Service for more than three decades, and has written for The Tablet, Huffington Post, Liberty, St. Anthony Messenger, U.S. Catholic, Our Sunday Visitor, National Catholic Reporter, The National Observer, and Mt. Rainier High School's student paper. Others, too. He even won awards.



As germane, perhaps, is that he has also bused tables at the Pine Shed Restaurant; copy-boyed at The Spokesman-Review; owned and operated a tavern; managed sales at a mobile home dealership; directed an insurance and investment practice; and made much of his family's income under water—harvesting sea urchins and sea cucumbers in the San Juan Islands and Alaska. No joke.



Dan contributes to NCR's The Field Hospital.

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LeRoy Gill

Parish Roundup: addiction ministry; more good than evil; bread letters

The Field Hospital: Priest speaks from experience when it comes to alcoholism; Chicago's South Side has an advocate; Peter England writes for Bread for the World; now international, El Sembrador Ministries started at the parish level

Parishioners of Mary Help of Christians Church in Parkland, Florida, pray during an outdoor Stations of the Cross service Feb. 16 dedicated to the victims and survivors of the deadly mass shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (CNS)

Parish roundup: Prayers in Parkland; listening to youth; love transcends policy

The Field Hospital: Thoughts from a homeless shelter graveyard shift; Mary Help of Christians in Parkland mourns shooting victims; a couple facing possible deportation shares their story.

Loss of temporary protected status distresses Salvadorans in US

The already complex lives of Salvadorans residing in the U.S. became exponentially more so when the Department of Homeland Security announced that Salvadorans' temporary protected status will end in 2019.

Parish roundup: Catholic schools' stories of inclusiveness, tragedy, hope

The Field Hospital: St. Pius X Classic Academy in Nashville copes with gun violence deaths; Louisville academy stresses inclusion; Cristo Rey Network expands; Church leaders' Super Bowl bets

V Encuentro Los Angeles

'Latino moment' declared at Los Angeles V Encuentro

Festive moments and open dialogue mixed with concrete goal setting and strong calls to embrace those in need marked the Los Angeles Archdiocese's V Encuentro, a gathering of Hispanic leaders in the nation's largest and most concentrated population of Latino Catholics. 

Fabiola, Brendan Busse, Ellie Hidalgo

Anxiety, confusion haunt Dreamer's life

Fabiola's parents came to the U.S. with her, now 20, when she was almost 4 years old. None of them have documentation, but Fabi has been protected by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals since 2012. Now, security for this full-time college student is in question.

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Parish roundup: Documentary on Rosalynn Carter coming Feb. 2

The Field Hospital: Students of a Catholic high school in Panorama, California, are getting ready to debut a documentary on the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter at the historic Rose Bowl.

'I'll Never Tell' is a candid memoir of a media priest

Book Review: I'll Never Tell is at once an intriguing and candid autobiography of one of the San Francisco Bay Area's best known media personalities and a revealing reflection on priesthood.

With the help of Our Father's Table ministry to the chronically homeless in Orange County, California, Marsha and her 7-year-old son have their own apartment, and the young mother has a good job and her own car. (Courtesy of Our Father's Table)

Parish roundup: Catholics reach out to homeless people

The Field Hospital: Memorial services honor the lives of the homeless who died in 2017; ministries in Orange County, Little Rock and East LA help with the ladder out of homelessness.

Put a human face on immigration, declares San Francisco archbishop

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone told Catholics to become "well versed in the Church's teaching on migration" and said it is "imperative that all people native to our country get to know immigrants and migrants, and listen to their stories."

A large banner on San Francisco's St. Ignatius Church declares the parish's status as a sanctuary for migrants, refugees and others "subject to exclusion or removal from this land." (Courtesy of St. Ignatius Parish)

San Francisco's two Jesuit parishes declared immigrant sanctuaries

The Field Hospital: St. Agnes and St. Ignatius' joint statement makes a dozen commitments, including educational programs, legal accompaniment, and advocacy for refugee assistance.

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Parish roundup: 500 creches; fire relief; celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Field Hospital: One D.C.-area couple has collected 500 nativity scenes; Canadian priest wraps up documentary about mistreatment of aboriginals by church schools; refugees in Alaska learn how to make trendy pickles

Joseph Tyson

Homily on feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe addresses agricultural workers

When "political leaders at the highest level of the government generalize Mexican immigrants with harsh and prejudicial language, they destroy the very fabric of trust we need to address serious issues of public policy," declared the Bishop of Yakima, Washington, in a homily marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Deacon Moises and Rosalina Guadarrama know of the stories of hundreds of migrant farmworkers who work long, grueling hours in the agricultural sites of Yolo County in the Sacramento Diocese. (Catholic Herald/Cathy Joyce)

Parish roundup: Advent spirit; accompanying migrants; Deacon's Table

The Field Hospital: Deacon and wife minister to migrant farmworker families; angels lift seniors' spirits; New York state dioceses cooperate to put Christmas focus on Jesus. 

California's oldest Catholic school drops official 'Catholic' designation

The oldest Catholic school in California has relinquished that designation, dropping its official affiliation with the Catholic Church. 

From left: Dr. Thomas Wallace; Albrecht von Boeselager, grand chancellor of the Order of Malta; and Jesuit Fr. Francisco Javier Diaz Diaz at the Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California in Oakland (CNS/Catholic Voice/Albert C. Pacciorni)

Parish roundup: Feeding the hungry; reading about Black Elk

The Field Hospital: St. Vincent de Paul Society gears up for Thanksgiving demand; medical and legal clinics at the Oakland's cathedral; readers recommend books about Black Elk.

Fr. Paul Felix blesses rosaries Oct. 27 outside Houston's Annunciation Catholic Church, which sits across the street from Minute Maid Park where the Houston Astros hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 2017 World Series. (CNS/Texas Catholic Herald)

Parish roundup: Black Elk up for sainthood; World Series win lifts spirits

The Field Hospital: The sainthood cause of Lakota leader Black Elk opens in South Dakota; Canadian doctor honored for work with dying; Northern California recovers from wildfires.

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Letting the Bible speak: Museum is rooted in anti-Catholic tradition, authors say

Book review: In Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby, Candida R. Moss and Joel S. Baden roll up shades on the motives, means and measures used by the multi-billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby to work toward their Museum of the Bible, slated to open this month near the National Mall.

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Parish roundup: New app for the hearing impaired, faith in running for office, welcoming with pie

The Field Hospital: Interfaith cooperation for homeless; sign language app for prayer; beauty pageant winner joins the Poor Clares; Brooklyn church demolished for housing; update on Sonoma County affected by fire

Blessed Stanley Rother Church

Parish roundup: First mission church for Rother; Mexico earthquake; 'Share the Journey' of migrants

The Field Hospital: Interfaith prayer services bring Las Vegas community together; Blessed Stanley Rother honored; St. Jude Thaddeus in Mexico; Francis announces two-year program to focus on global migration

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