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After 9/11, Pennsylvania men find strength in faith
… the earth. Miller said the plane hit soft ground at 575 mph near a long wall used in strip mining. The fuselage bounced in a fireball into a stand of hemlocks. Everything was reduced to …
The Peace Corps at 50 years old
… came back to visit in 2008, the school’s newest English teachers were both former students of mine: Usanee and Chatsuda. The latter, as a 13-year-old, used to come to my desk every day at …
Catholics join hundreds in arrests over oil pipeline
… The pipeline expansion, opponents believe, would open the door to a rapid increase in oil mining in northern Alberta, endangering a fragile ecosystem and escalating the release of … government services. Indigenous people in Canada fear the loss of their way of life should the mining expand rapidly or a disaster rob them of access to water and food. About 50 religious … of the danger posed to indigenous people and the environment. The bishop doubted that oil mining made necessary by the pursuit of profit and to satisfy a consumerist lifestyle in the U.S. …
No earthquake from overture to Anglicans
… that, it must fail,” Woodruff said. “I’ve stressed time and time again to these friends of mine that I do not want you to come in and pull the ladder up.” “Otherwise,” Woodruff said, “it’s …
Working toward a new 'peace culture'
… the United States in it?” But the whole purpose is what we just said. Do you remember the land mine ban in the ’90s? That campaign turned land mines into public enemy No. 1. We had Princess Diana on the TV all the time talking about how … hadn’t signed, and still haven’t signed, the production and use have gone way down. The de-mining efforts have gone way up. Yet we’re having not enough of an effect at the international …
Book 'em: Your last chance for summer reading
… library. Now vying for space among review copies of recent spirituality releases (mine) and doorstop-sized tomes about dead presidents (my husband’s) are The Cat in the Hat , …
Upon reading Tom Roberts' blog on the future of religious life
… to know they are there too, doing the work. I trust that their lives are as full of grace as mine has been. And I am grateful for all those young Catholic Workers across the country, praying …
Fr. Weinandy's Unfortunate Speech
… understood – actually failed to understand – him. If I was a bishop, and a seminarian of mine came back to say one of his professors thought abortion was “okay” I would be deeply …
Religious men address issues of discipleship, service
… Cardinal Turkson acknowledged the challenge. But, he added, "as a bishop friend of mine from the northwest part of the U.S.A. would say, 'We need to stop being compliant …
US fiscal and moral health imperiled
… say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ ” Going forward, as we figure out the tough choices ahead, were we to keep …
Vatican engages a Jewish critic, new home for ex-Anglicans
… at some point to be in complete union. I’ve stressed time and time again to these friends of mine who have come into the Catholic church: I do not want you to come in and pull the ladder up. …
Living biblically
… Fundamentalist church's parking lot. Fast forward to the 21st century, and they have a gold mine of a Web site URL: www.catholic.com . Usually I read their e-newsletters because they …
Fairness conspicuously missing in deficit reduction legislation
… say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.' Going forward, were we to keep our eyes focused, as we figure out the …
On this day: Joseph of Arimathea
… was a relative of Jesus and that, being involved in the trade between the Cornish tin mines and the eastern Mediterranean, Joseph took Jesus with him on a business trip to Cornwall in …
\"Jump into Love's deep river' -- Open-handed generosity and the environment
… environmental terms??? Selective compassion works for me. Translation: “I take care of me and mine. (Humans). Meanwhile, forget you.” (Animals, birds, forests, rivers, oceans and mountains) …
Catholic bishops take stand against Boehner budget bill
… Today, at the U.S. Capitol, some friends of mine were arrested because they care a lot about the poor. They sought to give witness to members …
Lament, hurrah, call to action: An historic gathering of Christian ecologists -- Part 1
… It was agreed by many speakers that the family farm in North America is like the canary in the mine whose death alerted miners to the presence of deadly poisons in the air. The troubles that …
The Iceberg Cometh
… with sadness and self-pity as the scene unfolds, but I could muster no pity for him, reserving mine for the innocents outside the cabin who would also drown. It has been six months since the …
On this day: Bl. Maria Klemensa Staszewska
… Poland: 1942-1945, by Irene Tomaszewski and Tecia Werbowski, Praeger 2010. Your Life is Worth Mine: How Polish Nuns Saved Hundreds of Jewish Children in German-Occupied Poland, 1939-1945, by …
On this day: St. James the Greater
… He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." In the gospel of …