Service of Unity; Transnational Justice; iPhone, Therefore I Am

The promise of faith is that Christ is always with us, even to the end of time.

Slathered in Sarcasm Bishop William Lori, instead of offering reasoned opposition to what he believes was a misguided editorial (“Policy, Not Liberty,” 3/5), slathers his response (“Letters,” 3/19) with sarcasm. He has served neither himself nor his cause well. Lathering sarc

Check out this sweet swirling escalation of a tune Look Around the Corner by Quantic and Alice Russell with the Combo B aacute rbaro Thanks to N for the recommendation nbsp As I listen to it I think of the worldly mysticism that seems to be gaining traction among affiliated and u

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I saw the other night a truly superb production of Othello The Moor of Venice at the Marin Theater Company in Mill Valley It was that company s first venture in forty-five years to mount a Shakespeare play The artistic director Jasson Minadakis had told his Othe

Easter thoughts from the secular press http www bakersfieldcalifornian com lifestyle local x1538235657 Easter-is-dawn-to-a-new-season-of-hope nbsp

Grandma and Grandpa Herrman had a storm cellar The small limestone-lined space was dug-out beneath their house but one entered it through a door in the backyard just as Dorothy tried unsuccessfully to do in The Wizard of Oz My numerous cousins and I spent a lot of time in our grandparents rsquo

Most days are, in fact, times of waiting.

In coverage of Pope Benedict s Chrism Mass homily on Holy Thursday See below most of the media have focused on his addressing the Austrian Pfarrer Priest movement which has called for priestly disobedience in the name of church reform particularly on issues of ordination nbsp nbsp nbsp nb

I often imagine my twenties as a sort of a snow-globe the world violently shakes us around with some of us quickly sticking somewhere and beginning our adult lives Others float around for a bit not quite sure where to fall Some inevitably land close to where we started while others are thrown

From Rachel Aviv rsquo s January 2nd 2012 New Yorker article ldquo No Remorse rdquo Shortly after midnight on March 6 2010 Dakotah Eliason sat in a chair in his bedroom with a 38-calibre pistol in his hands thinking about what the world would be like if he didn rsquo t exist One of his fri

Cambridge MA There are many ways to interpret the great and solemn events of Holy Thursday and preachers around the world take up different themes ranging from the spiritual to the ecclesial to the political I was privileged to preach at this year rsquo s Holy Thursday liturgy in my parish and

On Holy Thursday Christians recall the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist It is a day when a story about the Cenacle the Upper Room where Jesus took his last meal with the disciples is a natural choice for news editors The room is on every pilgrim s itinerary but title for the sp

In grading college essays there are certain phrases that I pen so frequently in red ink that I rsquo ve considered having them put onto a rubber stamp to save myself from writing them repeatedly For example ldquo The relative pronoun for people is lsquo who rsquo or lsquo whom rsquo lsq

The White House has posted a video of the president s remarks at the third annual Easter breakfast nbsp You can read CNS s coverage of the president s speech here Tim Reidy

Cambridge MA This past weekend a remarkable event took place at Boston College Engaging Particularities X the 10th annual conference dedicated to comparative theology the theology of religions and the related fields of missiology global theology and other related fields Organized by doctora

Mary Valle has high marks for God Is the Bigger Elvis the new documentary about the life and vocation of Dolores Hart God Is the Bigger Elvis airing on HBO April 5 is a recently Academy Award-nominated documentary about former actress Dolores Hart who left a becoming-major career in Hollyw