Ashland Theological Seminary adds Master of Arts in Pastoral Care Studies to offerings - Ashland University

Pope Leo XIV is pictured praying his October 2026 prayer intention dedicated to mental health, while holding an image of St. Dymphna, patroness of people suffering from mental disorders and of mental health professionals. In an Oct. 10 press release, the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the 2026 start of its annual Novena for Mental Health, which takes place Oct. 10-18. (OSV News screenshot /Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network) (OSV News) — As the global community marks World Mental Health Day Oct. 10, the U. S. Catholic bishops have renewed their ongoing commitment to address an issue the Vatican has named an “urgent pastoral challenge.”

AfricaCare of CreationCatholic ChurchCzernyEventsFratelliTuttiHuman rightsIntegral Human DevelopmentLaudato si yearLaudato si'Pope FrancisPope MessagePrefectSmerilliagricultureapostolate of the seaculturedevelopmentdisarmamenteconomy and social ethicseducationenvironmenthealth care workershumanitarian aidintegral ecologyintegral healthjusticelandlocal churchesmarginalizedmigrantsmigrants and refugeesmigrationspastoral activitiespeacepoliticspoorrefugeessecuritysocial doctrinesustainabilitythe sickwarwaterworkyouth On Tuesday, October 13, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., the Study Day "Mental Health and Pastoral Accompaniment in humanitarian contexts" took place in the Van Thuan Hall of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. The hybrid meeting was sponsored by the Católica University Portugal (UCP) and the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI), in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

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In August 2019, Omar Rajeh sat in his bedroom, listening to the sound of pounding percussion with his world in crisis. In the midst of political instability, Citerne Beirut, a theatre and cultural centre Rajeh had founded in his native Lebanon, was forced to close, dismantled by order of the local government, who planned to build an incinerator on the site. Heartfelt … Omar Rajeh in Dance Is Not for Us. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/the GuardianRajeh tells us that as a teenager, coming of age at the end of the Lebanese civil war, dance had always seemed like the most revolutionary thing he could do. Now here he is, more than three decades later, still dancing – out of frustration, defiance, resistance and a desire to connect. As the percussive score gains momentum, Rajeh’s busy body builds up a sweat. In this danced stream of consciousness, Rajeh is not always an especially elegant mover, but he dances like it’s a necessary thing to do. Part of this year’s Dance Umbrella festival, Dance Is Not for Us is a solo that appears at times like an explosion of physical instinct, but it is mostly calm, considered musings on the nature of choreography, with all its workings exposed.