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U.S. Catholic ∙ Vol. 75, No. 6 ∙ June 2010

COVER STORY

In God we trust: Making your faith an asset
Jesus warned that we can't serve both God and money, and the current recession has shown money to be a cruel master. Tim Carnahan explores how Catholics are putting their earthly goods toward an eternal return.
WEB ONLY! Resources for managing your money faithfully 

EXPERT WITNESS

Do your parish justice
Justice isn't just for the aging hippies and hipster young adults, says JustFaith founder Jack Jezreel in Expert Witness. The needs of the poor and of the earth deserve the efforts the whole parish.
Sidebar: JustFaith in Jail
WEB ONLY! How to turn a lukewarm parish into a hot bed for social justice: Jack Jezreel writes about the beginning of JustFaith
WEB ONLY! 5 Questions with Jack Jezreel (to come)

READER SURVEY

What makes a parish great?
Their parishes are worthy of praise, say U.S. Catholic readers, who also acknowledge some room for improvement. Assistant Editor Meghan Murphy-Gill collects their rave reviews in this Reader Survey.

FEATURES

Facing change
The U.S. church's demographic shift may leave some parishioners feeling like they live on a fault line. But Hoffsman Ospino's Massachusetts parish has learned lessons that helped them find their footing on the changing church landscape.
WEB ONLY! Trailer from Scenes of a Parish, a documentary about Ospino's parish

Second helping
Betty Chinn's road from homelessness in China to feeding the homeless in the United States could have broken her spirit, writes Mary Thibodeaux Lentz in In Person. But Chinn's faith and a new truck paved the way for a ministry that today feeds hundreds.

ESSAY/OPINION

Truth shall set us free
Justice Anne M. Burke takes the stand on behalf of an overlooked victim of the sex abuse crisis-truth-and makes the case that nothing but the truth will finally make things right.

His father
There are some things you never want to witness, writes Brian Doyle, but even sad stories about broken fathers can help put pieces back together.

From Russia with love
Though once a baroness, Catherine de Hueck Doherty knew more about nobility of spirit than most aristocrats, explains Kathy Daley in Wise Guide.

Somos el cuerpo de Cristo
U.S. Catholic's 75 years have been marked by a growing appreciation of the Hispanic presence in the U.S. church, reports Executive Editor Meinrad Scherer-Emunds.

DEPARTMENTS

Editors' Note
You May Be Right Letters
Signs of the Times News
Catholic Tastes
Culture in Context: Reviews
Glad You Asked: Can church teaching change?
At Home with Our Faith
Eye of the Beholder 
Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.

COLUMNS

The Examined Life - Bryan Cones
Too true to school
Margin Notes - Kevin Clarke
Can this marriage be saved?
Culture in Context - Patrick McCormick
You stray, you pay
Testaments - Alice Camille
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