Today October 9 for the first time nbsp nbsp we can celebrate the optional feast of nbsp BLESSED nbsp John Henry Cardinal Newman 21 February 1801 nbsp ndash 11 August 1890 nbsp nbsp He converted to Catholicisim on this day in 1845 nbsp Prolific writer and possibly future Doctor of the

The night train glided over the Mississippi River from Wisconsin into Minnesota and as usual it was running late I hoped a cab was waiting for me for the final 40 miles of the journey but when I had made my reservation the clerk told me the cab would not wait if the train was more than a little

You will recall that presidential candidate Barack Obama once in famously said ldquo Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not rdquo The response was predictable liberals were furious conservatives were nauseous a

A great video from the Jesuits Chicago Province on the Jesuit vocation and ordination to the priesthood nbsp Go Forth and Set the World on Fire from Chicago and Detroit Jesuits on Vimeo

More details of the connection between Blessed Mary MacKillop s excommunication and the sisters reporting of sexual abuse nbsp This time the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart MacKillop s order weigh in on the story nbsp From CNS The religious congregation co-founded by Blessed Mary

From the Irish Echo today on an American Jesuit s work for justice The Rev Joseph Mulligan is the kind of person who can see the up side and the down side of a situation It rsquo s a quality that has helped him in the 24 years he rsquo s worked as a pastor in Nicaragua He rsquo s had to deal wit