Maryknoll Missionary Dumbfounded

A Maryknoll Missionary from South Africa came back home to the U.S. on a working leave. She who works with children in South Africa was dumbfounded that there are 9 million + uninsured children in the U.S., 710,000 of whom lost their insurance in 2006. Jesus tells Zacheus, “I must stay at your house today.” Jesus respected Zacheus’ dignity as a human being even though he didn’t “do the right thing.” When Zacheus welcomed Jesus into his house he had a conversion whereby he gave half of his possessions to the poor. Will we be a Zacheus and advocate for these 9 million children in the U.S. to be insured? If we can’t buy into the Catholic Social Justice principles as to why these children should have insurance coverage then we may find some reason in the article “Uninsurance: Why Should the Covered Care?” by Arthur Kellerman, a professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Emory’s School of Medicine. You should be able to find it by googling. If you are not a computer person you can find copies in the pamphlet box in the social justice bulletin board in the east entry.