Writings Magnificat by Ben Campbell, Pastoral Director Time is short. Here in Bethlehem we are coming to the end of another year, and there has not been much change in the condition of the poor. In fact, more jobs have been lost. The fabric of the housing has gotten older.
Less money is available for our schools, and now there's a teacher shortage.
Our neighborhoods are more and more restive. More of our young people are in jail. The governmental authorities find our very existence an inconvenience. Their problem would be gone. Of course, I suspect someone else would end up in the spot we're in.