Joseph Fleming is national Catholic engagement coordinator for PICO National Network. He is also the co-creator of PICO's "Year of Encounter" program, a yearlong faith formation project inspired by the work of Pope Francis. 

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This Advent, Grassroots Organizers Prepare to Fight for the Least of These

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If I’ve learned anything since my time in Rome, it’s that people — not just Catholics — are hungering to connect peace with justice. This is why those of us who traveled to Rome just before the election, accompanied by Stockton, Calif., Bishop Stephen Blaire, and Houma-Thibodaux, La., Bishop Shelton Fabre, are preparing for a regional WMPM meeting in Modesto, Calif., in February.