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Books
Tom DeignanAugust 27, 2001

Frank McCourt rsquo s impoverished youth in Limerick recalled so vividly and brutally in Angela rsquo s Ashes actually could have been much worse according to the acclaimed author rsquo s cousin ldquo When we were in Killarney industrial school rdquo Pat Sheehan tells the writer and documen

Books
Anthony Egan, S.J.August 27, 2001

Early Christian history takes on a decidedly postmodern turn in this new-in-paperback work by the Cambridge classicist Keith Hopkins In style reminiscent in parts of Gerd Theissen rsquo s Shadow of the Galilean Christology in the form of a novel and Dutch Edmund Morris rsquo s biography of Ronal

Books
Thomas R. MurphyAugust 27, 2001

An ideal of Ignatius Loyola one that Jesuit schools still cultivate in their students is the ldquo contemplative in action rdquo someone who combines deep reflection with effective deeds John Adams second president of the United States did not admire Ignatius However David McCullough rsquo

Faith The Word
John R. DonahueAugust 27, 2001

Eating with Jesus should be a time of healing, which can shock even customary religious sensitivities.

The Word
John R. DonahueAugust 27, 2001

Over the past weeks the readings have alternated between presentations of Jesus as a model of compassion and mercy and as a leader who makes harsh demands of his followers e g entering the narrow gate casting fire on the earth bringing division among families In today rsquo s Gospel the deman

Eugene T. GomulkaAugust 27, 2001

While serving as the deputy chaplain of the U.S. Marine Corps, with supervisory responsibility for some 250 chaplains from some 60 different faith groups, I was discouraged by the disproportionate number of Catholic chaplains who were committing offenses that resulted either in their imprisonment or

William A. ProefriedtAugust 27, 2001

When I was an English teacher in public high schools in the decade from 1957 to 1967, one issue I took to heart was the question of my own role in affecting the values of my students. There was hardly a piece of American or English literature in the high school curriculum that didn’t lead to t