Mark Piper, a Packers fan in an unholy land, works in the nonprofit sector. He resides in Chicago with his family and holds a master's in leadership and policy studies from DePaul University and a bachelor's from St. Xavier University; he is an alumus of Amate House, a year of service organization sponsored by the Chicago Archdiocese.
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A charity bike ride leads to meditation, church experience
A bike ride raises money for pediatric brain tumor research and supports young cancer patients and their families. It also creates a meditation on the grandeur of creation; about beauty and pain; and on relationships.
At the table of plenty, is there room for me?
Lots of Catholics are exasperated these days, and the church feels empty to them. But church leaders are making no effort to bring them back or ask why they left the church. If the message is, "Don't let the door hit you on the way out; don't bother us anymore," it has been received loud and clear.
How to be anti-racist at work: suggestions for white Catholics
Young Voices: White people must educate other white people about racism, privilege and value-judgements entrenched in the systemic injustices that pervade professional life. I think it is imperative to speak on this now.
Catholic social (doctrine) distancing: St. Xavier busts its faculty union
Young Voices: Amid a pandemic, I don't envy the responsibilities of a president or board (or staff or faculty) at any college. But a crisis is not an occasion to abscond from Catholicity or responsibilities.
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