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Journey toward Conversion
… When I arrived back at the fraternity house, the party was well under way. I stood among the best and the brightest, having just left the least and the worst, and the contrast hit me hard: … No matter how much I pondered the divide of humanity, new questions kept coming, and lingering. Where was God? Wasn't God aware of this sea of suffering? Why wasn't …
Books on globalization keep readers current, raise questions
… much to enlighten and to clarify many complex issues. Catholic social teaching is the church's best-kept secret, says Groody. "The church neither naively condemns the process of globalization … is not a technical but a moral one. Bridge-building books like these can inform and guide our best efforts. (Holst is a writer who teaches at the University of Calgary in Alberta and at St. …
Benedict's vacation spot is significant in his history
… summer in Bressanone as a guest of the seminary, befitting his new ecclesiastical status. He kept coming back after relocating to Rome in 1981; between 1977 and 2005, Ratzinger passed his … continuity of Vatican II with earlier eras of tradition. The Ratzinger Report was an immediate best-seller, with more than a half-million copies gobbled up in the United States alone. It …
Novena natus: Nine hymns for the souls of women
… wise, who act as True North for others -- just by being ... For them ... may they ever be kept safe, fed from many sources, be shown the kinds of love and gratitudes that keep their souls … the importance of it -- but eventually returned, rebuilt, softened, gave ‘the blessing’ to the best of their ability ... to all the daughters and elders who took on the role of the blameworthy …
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
… even die for him.” Then another time in prison he wrote: “I am convinced that it is still best that I speak the truth, even if it costs me my life, for you will not find it written in any … pray that we can be like him: “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. So now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness with which Jesus will …
'Setting our ecclesial gauges' and liturgical translation update
… of Theology’s Summer Institute. The day I arrived Rolheiser injured his knee, and yet he kept going throughout the three-day event -- leading me to dub him the “Tiger Woods” of the … His advice was rather than seeking to construct abstract theories about leadership, the best thing to do is to observe effective leaders in action. In virtually every case, he said, …
College journalists' stories open students' eyes to world issues
… of help and encouragement and support from a lot of people on campus, and other people have kept it going." The women's first story was published in The Loquitur in February 2007, along … sports equipment. A fair-trade volleyball festival, Christmas bazaar and chocolate sale kept the issue in the public eye. The work by Hurley and Finnegan was "the first series of … of the Good Shepherd Volunteers. With the Good Shepherd Sisters in Cusco, a highland city best known as the jumping-off point for visits to the famous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, Hurley …
Facing Evil: Qui tacet consentit. - Who keeps silent, consents
… of ammunition, he forcibly enlisted into his army, young Buddhist men from poor villages. He kept the Burmese people so poorly fed and supplied, that many of the young conscripted men served … is measured against the unquestioning loyalty of each subject toward the despot. Despot knows best. And, despot always comes first, middle and last, all at once. But, then Jung went on to say …
°Abre la Puerta! Open the Door!
… beggar, ask that it be filled, and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven -- only you. It … or who supposed, or dreamed, or envisioned, or were told to build a new Ark and to take “the best of the best” through the storm of a dying culture, to a new way of thinking, a new way of Life... what … open the door. Over the edge of the world you go, into the abyss we all march in time. Put the best medicine in the worst of the wounds. ¡Abre la puerta! open the door. “The lake in which you …
The transformative dark night of the soul
… beggar, ask that it be filled, and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no one can keep you from lifting your heart toward heaven -- only you. It … or who supposed, or dreamed, or envisioned, or were told to build a new Ark and to take “the best of the best” through the storm of a dying culture, to a new way of thinking, a new way of Life... what … open the door. Over the edge of the world you go, into the abyss we all march in time. Put the best medicine in the worst of the wounds. ¡Abre la puerta! open the door. “The lake in which you …
Synod of Bishops on the Bible already causing ferment; Good Friday prayer revised
… another. So far, perhaps the most interesting examples have come from two of the hierarchy's best minds on Scripture, representing two distinct points of view: Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, … that the framework and intention to petition God for Jews to accept Jesus as Lord was kept intact," said Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League. A further constituency that has …
Springtime for ecumenists: A realistic assessment
… the Baptist observer during the CELAM meeting in Brazil last May. During the conference Segura kept a daily blog, which many of us came to regard as one of the best sources of regular insight on the goings-on. I recently finished an interview with Segura …
ANALYSIS: What's the significance of Benedict's picks?
… Catholics now live, but instead slightly bolstered the over-representation of Europeans; •tHe kept the percentage of Vatican officials among electors roughly the same at 25 percent; •tHe … “rendered official what has been unofficial,” meaning that Rigali is the American heavyweight best positioned to influence bishops’ appointments in the United States. The choice of DiNardo …
We all need the Anglicans right now
… develop a common vision, the chances that they will survive, let alone be effective, are at best low. That possibility is about to be sorely tested in worldwide Anglicanism . And no one of … blacks were not fit for ordination because blacks weren't quite as human as whites? And so we kept them out of our seminaries and called ourselves "Christian" for doing it. Without even the … Catholics and liberal Catholics. But in a social climate like that, how do we maintain the best of the old and admit the best of the new? Absolutism and judgementalism, insult and …
Jihadists in Brooklyn?
… tension. In "Khalil the Heretic," the hero asks, "Until when shall the Cross be kept apart from the Crescent before the eyes of God?" Gibran knew that Maronites and Druze … that allow Muslims to express their cultures be encouraged, on the grounds that it's the best way to promote reconciliation with pluralism and democracy? Or, given the danger of such …
Roy Bourgeois' mission of peace
… to have Roy with us. One of the leading voices for peace in the nation, and one of the best organizers as well, he grew up in a small town outside New Orleans, joined the military, … every year, hundreds, then thousands, have joined the vigil. Last year, some 22,000 of us kept vigil. Processing with 10,000 young people every year at the SOA certainly makes this the …
These two Islamic movements bear watching
… media profile, is what scholars call "neo-Sufism," which amounts to an attempt to blend the best elements of modernity with fidelity to basic Islamic values. This movement attracts less … but it's a significant presence within Islam, and some experts believe it may be the best way out of the present crisis. At one level, "neo-Sufism" can simply refer to a revival of … may be counted twice. Some Catholic observers believe the various expressions of Sufism have kept alive something essential in Islam. Stratford Caldecott has argued that Sufism preserved the …
Theologians challenged to set the pace for inclusive conversations
… media profile, is what scholars call "neo-Sufism," which amounts to an attempt to blend the best elements of modernity with fidelity to basic Islamic values. This movement attracts less … but it's a significant presence within Islam, and some experts believe it may be the best way out of the present crisis. At one level, "neo-Sufism" can simply refer to a revival of … may be counted twice. Some Catholic observers believe the various expressions of Sufism have kept alive something essential in Islam. Stratford Caldecott has argued that Sufism preserved the …
CTSA: Bishops urged to prudence in public proclamations
… conferences often are effective instruments for public advocacy, and are one of the church’s “best kept secrets.” Tobias Winright of St. Louis University, a former police officer, addressed …
Protecting the Earth with Dr. Vandana Shiva
… to them, check in hand, for the right to plant next year’s crops. But at the farm, seeds are kept copyright-free. Seeds are reserved for humanity. Seed banks are being set up all over India … because the issues are so deadly. These are terrible times and exciting times and we do our best. “The tsunami was a dress rehearsal for the disasters that are coming ahead,” Dr. Shiva …