Pacific Islanders or Americans, we all require an identity if we are to connect.

Barry Hannahs posthumous anthology comes garlanded with praise.

Forming 'a more perfect union' is not an optional commitment.

The ‘Real’ Drinan If I understand Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. (“Career Interrupted,” 3/7), he prefers that the late Congressman Robert F. Drinan, S.J., be remembered as a champion of many worthy causes and one whose storied political career was cut short by the Vatican and pro-l

It s easy to despair over the recent events in nbsp our church nbsp I ve been thinking all weekend about the 166 million settlement by the Oregon Province Jesuits and the news from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia nbsp Both places are dear to me the Oregon Province because nbsp these are fellow

Cambridge MA Meeting Jesus on the edge of his religion that is - in the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent John 4 where Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob s well We find here wisdom on what to expect when we meet people of other faiths insights into who really gets to recognize Jesus Th

The New York Times brings to light several terrible stories nbsp about the church nbsp this morning including the news of the record 166 million nbsp settlement by the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus which has declared bankruptcy nbsp As well nbsp Laurie Goodstein s nbsp article on the

I do especially on the Feast of the Annunciation nbsp From the DVD Who Cares about the Saints from Loyola Productions Who Cares About the Saints - Mary from Loyola Productions on Vimeo

Ending child labor establishing the right to organize fighting for a just wage 100 years after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire claimed the lives of 146 people in New York rsquo s Greenwich Village from a global perspective a familiar litany of critical challenges persist in the experiences of modern

The late Pope John Paul II meditated on the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary in Redemptoris Mater On nbsp the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church This excerpt is taken from paragraph 14 Mary s faith can also be compared to that of Abraham whom St Paul calls our fathe

What insights from today s Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord can help you in your daily spiritual life nbsp Find out nbsp

According to news reports at the funeral of Elizabeth Taylor yesterday nbsp the actor Colin Farrell read from nbsp the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo which includes the lines Give beauty back beauty beauty beauty back to God beauty s self and beauty s giv

MADRID I have spent the week helping in the world launch of Roland Joffe s new film There Be Dragons which was premiered here on Wednesday night and goes on general release in 300 Spanish cinemas today Some 100 000 tickets have been pre-sold meaning you can t get a ticket this weekend -- somet

Just released from the USCCB President of USCCB Reiterates Bishops rsquo Resolve to Deal Firmly with Clerics Who Abuse Children Clerics who sexually abuse minors are forbidden from ministryBacks April Child Abuse Prevention Month for protection of childrenImplementation of nbsp Charter nbsp to pro

The End of the World It rsquo s always on people rsquo s minds About every year and a half in our Theology dept rsquo s informal evening discussions for undergraduates called Theology Night Live the topic is the apocalypse I gave it again about two weeks ago The students come in droves admit

Don t miss Jake Martin s inspired take on the serendipitious or is it planned nbsp trio of complicated lead characters in in Showtime s hit dramas Weeds Nurse Jackie and The United States of Tara who as nbsp Martin says nbsp are filled with good intentions but make bad choices nbsp nb

A great Jesuit spiritual master died yesterday morning nbsp Fr David L Fleming S J was the longtime editor of the journal ldquo Review for Religious rdquo the author of a contemporary translation of St Ignatius rsquo s Spiritual Exercises called Draw Me Into Your Friendship nbsp of ines

The field of mental health encompasses many different professions It is good for the public as well as teachers and psychologists in training to know the lay of the land and to understand current practices in the field of psychiatry because many referrals are made to this profession The New York

It s unfortunate that in the midst of an extremely busy international news day and during a week of important breaking news World Water Day that s today March 22 nbsp is likely to get lost in the media shuffle If you can break away from the news out of Libya and Japan long enough though clean

As Christians observe Lent something entirely different occurred in the Hindu world recently If you watched NBC s comedy Outsourced last Thursday you got a taste of Holi which The Atlantic describes as The Festival of Colors Holi is a popular springtime festival observed on the last full moo