Gloria Purvis 💕💚

This week, the Paulist Pastors, Superiors, and Directors are meeting at the Passionist retreat center in #Houston, #Texas. Here are glimpses from yesterday's daily Mass celebrated as the evening sun illuminated the retreat center chapel.

1) vance has this weird preoccupation with demanding that people show him gratitude 2) this is just another expression of the idea that some americans don’t count and at most should be seen and not heard

JD Vance’s not so subtle point is that the United States belongs to white Christian men, and the rest of us who don’t meet all three qualifications only belong here insofar as our betters choose to tolerate us.

Some people Vance has accused of ingratitude or similar: Abdul El-Sayed Kamala Harris Zohran Mamdani Ilhan Omar Joy Reid Volodymyr Zelensky I couldn't find any white Christians.

Blk ppl didn't need 🇫🇷 or 🇩🇪 to teach us about oppression or racial power. "Woke" came from Blk thought, not Marx or Foucault. Crediting Euro thinkers is a failure to recognize & engage Blk intellectual tradition. So the next time someone names Marx or Foucault as the root, tell them to hush.

#Love

#execution NOT #prolife

Unbelievably stupid. Lisa Su was a small child when she came to Queens from Taiwan, her father was a statistician who worked for City government in NYC …probably one of the accountants described here by Vance as being debarred

We're maybe a week away from a Trump official shouting "White Power!" at one of these conferences.

In 1868 Louisiana elected first Black congressman. He was never seated In 1875 Louisiana elected second Black congressman. He served just one term It took 114 years for Louisiana to elect another Black member of Congress And now Roberts Court wants to wipe out Black representation across South

It seems apt that on an afternoon when Pew Research shows his approval rating nearing the 40-points-underwater threshold, Trump would try to salvage matters by shouting online: *Look! N––ers!!!*

And 175 years later, remains one of the most powerful forces in modern American politics.

Rubio is petulantly annoyed because he gave this big speech in Athens about The Future of Western Civilization -- and coincidentally, on the very same day, his ambassador to Greece gets caught soliciting a donor to pay off her $100,000 credit-card bill.

OpenAI Releases Findings on 377 Math Problems, Further Roiling Field www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/s...

At New Orleans in Louisiana in the United States of America, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, priest, of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer: Bavarian by birth, he was unsparing in his care for the needs of children, youth, and migrants. Blessed Xavier Seelos, pray for us!

I am not alarmed by this as much as I am by Trump's corruption.....

Abolish the death penalty.

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u... MAGA IS NEVER BEATING THE CHARGES!!!! #RACIST #SEXIST #WHITESUPREMACISTS

DJT is not equal to the Vicar of Christ!

DJT is not Jesus and that AI image he posted of himself as Jesus immediately made me think anti-Christ. I reject DJT and all his empty promises.

Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Orders on Law Firms www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

If people are required to show proof of citizenship to vote, then all the documentation one has to get must be made free and easy to get otherwise it is akin to having a poll tax that the poor and isolated cannot pay.

Trump has done more to undermine the culture of life than he has to build it up.

Listen to the full episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social at:

#ICE #ConstitutionalRights #Black

Don't miss this online event (Jan. 6) on the relation between #faith and #democracy. An absolute stellar panel with @crawfordstuff.bsky.social, @revjimwallis.bsky.social, @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social and @sharonbrous.bsky.social. Organized by Franciscan Action Network and @paxchristiusa.bsky.social

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This says a lot about the state of America. MAGA believes racism will appeal to most of the Republican base…. even the Catholic ones. Is MAGA right about that?

I don’t see any daylight between Fuentes and the man killed in Utah. Why are ppl who supported him now freaking out over Fuentes? Both accurately represent MAGA. Anti-blackness wasn’t a deal breaker so what is the basis for the uproar now?

It is interesting to see Ben Shapiro, Dinesh D’Souza, Vivek R et al freak out over the white supremacy chads in the R party letting them know that despite their anti-Black rhetoric they still aren’t welcome. #irony

If you think diversity statements must not be part of the application process for orgs that value diversity, do you also think statements of faith must not be part of the application process for orgs that value faith?

If you encounter someone who is thinking about coming to Church, or is thinking about leaving the Church, what would you say to them to give them #hope? That's the question posed to @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social in this snip from a recent episode of our #podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social:

This is a snip from a recent episode of @deaconspod.bsky.social featuring @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social. Full episode: paulist.org/gloria On Oct. 15, at 6 p.m. Eastern, Gloria will deliver the Gallagher Talk (online and in-person) in #GrandRapids, on “The Role of Compassion in a Divided World.”

“When Catholic Church leaders, clergy and lay alike, publicly praise Charlie Kirk, many Black Catholics hear them sanctifying a figure who championed rhetoric that served to maintain white supremacy.” www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

Mr. Kirk positioned himself as defending white people from “replacement,” claimed white families face existential threats and argued that qualified white people are losing opportunities to undeserving Black people. www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

Mr. Kirk’s rhetoric represents the latest threadbare cover for racism. His argument that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a “mistake” that created “anti-white weapons” inverts remedies for racial harm into threats against white people. www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

It signals that abhorrent views about Black people are compatible with Catholic faith, as long as someone is sufficiently vocal about their love of Jesus. www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

Initiative Senior Fellow Gloria Purvis writes in America, “It reveals a broader pattern where many in the Catholic Church in America have historically failed to see, understand or prioritize the experiences and dignity of Black Catholics.” Read more at www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

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In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

A thought-provoking new episode of our podcast @deaconspod.bsky.social dropped this morning! Today, @deaconmike.bsky.social and Deacon Dennis Rybicki speak with esteemed Catholic speaker and broadcaster @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social. Please listen here or at your favorite podcast player:

#PopeLeo #BlessingHolyWater

@iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social will deliver the 2025 Gallagher Talk on October 15 at 6 p.m. Eastern at the Catholic Information Center in #GrandRapids, #Michigan. Anyone interested in the talk may register to attend in-person or online: grcic.org/event/2025ga...

Our Podcast: Deacons Pod spoke with @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social this week and it was a seriously provocative discussion. #racism #canyoubewokeandcatholic

Thank you @deaconspod.bsky.social @paulistfathers.bsky.social @deaconmike.bsky.social for the conversation. I pray God is pleased with this work and that it will benefit many souls.