Cardinal Dolan on the Church’s Ministry to the ‘Uns’

“‘The uns . . .’

“George Higgins – the legendary ‘labor priest’ from Chicago was, if I recall correctly, the first person I ever heard use that expression, yet he attributed it to the future – God willing – saint, Dorothy Day.

“I borrowed it in my brief concluding remarks and prayer at last October’s Al Smith Dinner, as I praised God for the Church’s lookout for the uns – the un-documented, un-employed, un-housed, un-fed, un-healthy, un-born, un-wanted, misunderstood, un-justly treated – and prayed that our beloved country might work for a culture where that dreaded prefix – un – might be no longer.

“It was, of course, Jesus who embraced the uns, namely, us, the unsaved!”

In a recent entry in his blog (The Gospel in the Digital Age),Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, reflected on the importance the Church’s ministry to the “uns.”

To access Cardinal Dolan’s post, please visit:

The Gospel in the Digital Age: Jesus, His Church and “the uns” (22 JAN 13)