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Wildflour — a catering company with a cafe and bakery storefront in Chantilly — has a secret ingredient to its success: it welcomes people with special needs who have a passion to cook.

“The spirit was one of urgency,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said of the general assembly during his Walk Humbly Podcast. “We prepared for this meeting — we had conference calls, we had webinars preparing us for what the action items would be. We had our retreat in January, which I think set the tone for this meeting that we were entering having already been together in prayer, trusting our work to the Lord. We have communicated well with the Holy See.”

I wonder if we’re growing too defensive. When we clap back so fiercely, do we take the time to consider the criticism? Are we cooling down enough to find the teaching moment in the hot exchange? Or are we digging our heels in and sticking our fingers in our ears?

The miracle of the loaves and fish was a prelude to the Eucharist. It is no coincidence that during this event, Jesus took, blessed, broke and gave the bread to his disciples who then set the bread before the crowd. These same actions marked the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

This week I had the opportunity to meet a family whose legacy in the Scouting world means there are five Eagle Scouts in the family. You can read about the last of the family to earn this rank in the June 27 issue. 

José Ochoa Martinez worked hard to bring his wife and son to the U.S. so that they would be safe from gang violence in El Salvador. After five years living thousands of miles apart, he was finally able to bring them to Virginia in December 2017. 

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- In a remarkably frank and detailed speech, the Vatican official heading the department charged with reviewing clergy sexual abuse allegations told an assembly of Catholic journalists that his investigators and the press "share the same goal, which is the protection of minors, and we have the same wish to leave the world a little better than how we found it."