I have tried to suggest that lots of music reviews are humid with theological atmospherics Now comes this review in today s New York Times by Ben Brantley of a new production here in NYC starring Sherie Rene Scott at the Second Stage Theater It is titled Everyday Rapture Brantley reports on S
May 2009
Posted inIn All Things
LourdesCam
One of my favorite things about the Internet are wild things like this nbsp nbsp May of course is Mary s month and my friends at nbsp Order of Malta more specifically representatives from nbsp the Order of Malta worldwide are in Lourdes this week for their annual pilgrimage when they take
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“Mary Stuart” and “Exit the King”
nbsp Don t miss a terrific review of two hot shows on Broadway with explicit and implicit religious themes–Freidrich Schiller s old chestnut Mary Stuart brought to exciting new life by Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter and Eugene Ionesco s Exit the King with nbsp Geoffrey Rush Susan Sarando
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Abortion, Buddha and the Dalai Lama
Many nbsp in the pro-life movement seem to agree that we nbsp need not only new strategies since public opinion seems more or less nbsp fixed nbsp but also nbsp a new language nbsp Well here s something new nbsp Now nbsp I m not suggesting that we move away from nbsp anything in the Catholi
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Lessons From History
Last week I invoked the memory of Msgr John Tracy Ellis the great Church historian who was my mentor Whenever Msgr rsquo s memory comes to my mind it tends to stay there and this weekend found me seeing contemporary events in the Church through the clarifying lens of history Clemens August Dr
Posted inBooks
In Divine Company
Sister Marilyn Lacey rsquo s account of her journey to and through the experience of working with refugees can be read first of all as an adventure story It is her own adventure but also that of the many refugees she meets told with a simple directness that engages the reader from the outset Li
Posted inTheater
Righteous Among Women: Dan Gordon’s ‘Irena’s Vow’: a review and an interview
‘Irena’s Vow’ stars the actress Tovah Feldshuh, who first appears onstage telling her incredible story to a group of high school students.
Posted inPoetry
Omens, Warnings, and Advice: after Yang
This poem is modeled on one from the Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368, in The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry.
Posted inLetters
Letters
Amazing Grace Thanks to Frank Moan, S.J., for his reflections on prayer (“Finally, God’s Voice,” 2/9). It takes courage to punch through the veneers of doctrine and dogma and arrive at a place and time that is infused with God. Moan speaks to the sterility of words that can so easi
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
In Israeli Jewish Schools, No Teaching About Christianity
Currently, if anything about Christianity is taught, it is about the Crusades and the Inquisition. There is no teaching of comparative religion.