Highly nbsp nbsp unusual to say the least nbsp John Henry Newman s Feast will not be the day of his death as is traditional but his reception into the Roman church nbsp Is his entrance into the Roman Catholic Church more significant than his entrance into Heaven nbsp The story from CNS in

Dan Berrigan the peace activist and poet together with members of his Jesuit community in Lower Manhattan spent a week of prayer and reflection over Labor Day at the Kirkridge Retreat Center in Pennsylvania Kirkridge has long been a friend to those who strive for peace and has hosted over the y

About a week ago comedian Louis C K presented an episode of his FX show Louie entitled God It was a 22 minute riff on faith Abraham and Isaac the crucifixion and saying Jesus Christ as a curse Incredibly bawdy at some moments it s nevertheless extremely thought-provoking Louis C

Couldn t resist posting this from my friend Mike Rogers S J nbsp For all you Ignatius-lovers out there here is a tour of his rooms near at the Church of the Gesu in Rome nbsp Enjoy your ten-minute nbsp hand-held video nbsp pilgrimage nbsp nbsp And that music from The Mission by Ennio M

Cardinal Cardinal Theodore E McCarrick Archbishop Emeritus of Washington recently traveled to the Middle East and spoke with Iraqi refugees there In a powerful piece in the The New York Review Of Books he described his experience The humanitarian consequences of this seven-year war on Iraqi civ

In their new book ldquo The Grand Design rdquo Stephen Hawking and co-author Leonard Mlodinow provide a theory that attempts to answer the question ldquo How did the universe begin rdquo The answer Well it rsquo s definitely not God In ldquo A Brief History of Time rdquo Hawking allowed

There s a story circulating on the internet today about an comment newly-minted Republican candidate for the Senate Sarah Pal er sorry Christine O Donnell made in 1998 on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher Now before I talk about the story a moment on the soap box Seriously media online

In a previous post on this blog I asked people for their comments on their favorite book of the Bible I received thought provoking responses with readers choosing the Gospel of John the Gospel of Luke the Gospel of Mark the Psalms and even Paul rsquo s short letter to Philemon If you have not

Reading Don Brophy rsquo s new book ldquo Catherine of Sienna A Passionate Life rdquo an account of this saint rsquo s she is also one of 36 Doctors of the Church life brought to mind previous biographical readings on Catherine rsquo s own personality Brophy rsquo s book promises to br

Now catching up on some items of theological interest in the news while I was away for August I could not pass up mentioning this interesting story reported by Scott Sayare in the New York Times a few weeks ago Subject The Madonna of the Bikers festival in Porcaro France Something on the orde

Seems like we re having trouble with the post I did yesterday nbsp Here s a second attempt nbsp I am a Vatican II baby nbsp Which is to say my life of faith has been entirely under the aegis of the Vatican II reforms nbsp nbsp I grew up with the St Louis Jesuits with communion by the han

Newt Gingrich managed to get his mug in the news this week by calling the President a con man and charging that Obama s Kenyan anti-Western roots were showing in his efforts to respond to the world s worst recession since well the last worse recession Gingrich found much to admire and bloviate

Back in 1990 Pope John Paul II issued Ex corde Ecclesiae a document that the late pontiff hoped would guide Roman Catholic universities and help them live out their Catholic identity In The Chronicle of Higher Education David B House looks back on the last twenty years of Catholic education wit

Father Gerry Blaszczak S J Chaplain of Fairfield University addressed the Class of 2014 on September 2 welcoming them to classes and challenging them with the task of becoming global citizens Blaszczak in his 43 years as a Jesuit is a citizen of the world himself He has taught seminarians i

You rsquo re not going to like what I say But in college mdash as in any sport family life and any job where you want to nbsp nbsp keep the job and get ahead mdash there is no substitute nbsp for hard work nbsp It comes as a shock to students to hear that nbsp there is a consensus among

Sharon MA I am happy to offer here Part Two of Deacon Mike Iwanowicz s reflection on the Church its problems and possibilities as seen in light of his nearly 35 years of ordained ministry It builds on the personal memories placed before us in Part One and pushes the issues further I am gratef

Here is Scott Appleby and John McGreevy two nbsp nationally known nbsp Catholic historians on the parallels between the controversy over the Islamic center near Ground Zero and anti-Catholicism in the 19th century nbsp It s a great short piece in this week s New York Review of Books nbsp As hi

In preparation for John Henry Newman s beatification this reflection on his complicated life and legacy from The Boston Globe Born in 1801 Newman would make both a fascinating and controversial saint An eminent clergyman Newman spent much of his life in the orbit of Oxford University where