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Arts & Culture Books
Gerald F. CavanaghJuly 31, 2006

Louis Uchitelle a veteran New York Times reporter examines the human costs of focusing on short-term financial gains and globalization mdash outsourcing downsizing and layoffs Millions experience the resulting anxiety and illness in their daily lives In The Disposable American Uchitelle investi

Arts & Culture Books
Mary Claire RyanJuly 31, 2006

Whenever I assign a book by Charles Curran in a moral theology course my students rsquo first questions are always quot Have you met him What is he like quot It is not surprising that they are curious about Curran As this newly released memoir recounts at a relatively young age Curran becam

Arts & Culture Books

This fine new collection by the distinguished poet Jack Gilbert looks back on the pleasures of many years with what he calls ldquo a tough happiness rdquo ldquo The Garden rdquo Gilbert rsquo s life has been an odyssey taking off from his native Pittsburgh which developed in him ldquo a ta

The Word

The Transfiguration is the event in which the inner circle of Jesus rsquo disciples experienced his true glorious nature as a kind of preview or anticipation of his glory as the risen Lord When the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord falls on a Sunday its readings supersede those of the Sun

The Word

In today rsquo s world there is a great hunger for spiritual sustenance Millions of people believe that there are realities beyond material possessions that the questions about who we are and what will become of us must be addressed and that we cannot reach peace of mind and soul without acknowled

Of Many Things
Drew ChristiansenJuly 31, 2006

This is the season of parish closings, consolidations and reconfigurations. After watching the phenomenon at a distance for some years, it has finally struck home for me with a one-two punch. Late this spring the Archdiocese of New York announced the closure of my boyhood parish, St. Paul on Staten

Current Comment
The EditorsJuly 31, 2006

Disproportionate and CounterproductiveThe Middle East is ablaze again. Following provocations by Hamas in Israel and Hezbollah along the Israeli-Lebanese border, Israel has sent its forces first into Gaza and then into Lebanon. While the immediate provocations seemed to be the kidnapping of Israeli