Lectio divina and deepening marital intimacy

Baptismal Call The column by Thomas Massaro, S.J. (“Blessed Are the Poor” 1/26), discussing the moral requirements of the current economic downturn, is a wonderful addition to the pages of your magazine in these challenging times. Many of us feel bad about our own losses from these event

Lawmakers have provided increased funding for basic necessities, including food and health care.

One of the great things about working at the magazine is that you rsquo re among the first to see newly published books nbsp Let me share with you three that are currently on my nightstand and which I rsquo ve just started nbsp The first we received through the mail the second two I stumbled u

In turning to the teachings of the Church Fathers on Matthew 15 22-28 I am drawing on the Catena Aurea of St Thomas Aquinas for Matthew who gathered portions of the Patristic writings on particular passages for each Gospel and which are now available online albeit in a rather old and stilted tra

Cambridge MA In my last contribution to this blog I wrote about my lecture course God Hindu and Christian This time still the comparative theologian I would like to tell you about my seminar a course dedicated almost entirely to one Hindu text the Vedarthasamgraha ldquo The Summary of th

First the NYPost has some photos up of this morning s U2 concert at Fordham University s Rose Hill campus nbsp You can see the slideshow here nbsp I have posted some other photos nbsp on the America fan page on Facebook Other observations 1 nbsp Bono s frontman skills remain undiminis

One of the great things about blogging is being able to point people to fun inspiring and serious pieces elsewhere on the web nbsp Sadly this directly contradicts what I just learned at the LA Religious Ed Congress just a few days ago during an informative web seminar run by MyCatholicVoice com

People began gathering for breakfast at 5 00 this morning though one of my students told me that some undergraduates were on site in rock vigil all night long I don t know how many Fordham folks were gathered but the throng was not more than a few thousand by my completely subjective estimate

nbsp nbsp nbsp My husband and I look forward every year to attending the Religious Education Congress Organized by the Los Angeles Archdiocese the Congress takes place in Anaheim which I suppose makes it the religious equivalent of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team nbsp nbsp

President Obama convened his summit on health care reform at the White House yesterday Whether the event will prove to be the beginning of the end for the dysfunctional system we have today remains to be seen but there are encouraging signs The event showed the many ways in which the political lan

This morning some hundred or so workers are milling around the Keating Hall steps and Edwards Parade unloading crates full of electronics and cables men with Good Morning America U2 badges trying to keep some order in the setup as trucks back in beeping with more gear Lots of sites of work

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir responded to his indictment by the International Criminal Court by expelling foreign aid groups currently providing food water and medicine in Darfur Among the groups expelled are CARE International Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam According to press ac

For those who have not yet heard the long-lived ensemble of rock royalty known as U2 are coming to Fordham s Rose Hill campus this Friday for an early-morning concert to be featured on the television show Good Morning America The rumors began earlier this week and were confirmed in an email f

I wanted to continue the post on Canadian Lenten Reflections by pointing out a few things which we gain from attention to source and redaction criticism in a study of this passage First the passage also appears in Mark 7 24-30 but not in the Gospel of Luke In the parallel passage in Mark the w

Lent is a season of prayer and penance A traditional nbsp instinctive reaction to the coming of Lent is to ask What penance will I do nbsp What will I give up nbsp More nbsp recently nbsp we have been challenged to ask more positively nbsp What out of a spirit of generosity or penance

As we reported on this blog the Vatican has announced that has scheduled an official visitation of women s religious orders next year Typically visitations and no the term has nothing to do with Mary and Elizabeth are undertaken to correct some kind of problematic situation in a dioces

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped yesterday to where it was in 1997 The date caught my attention That was the year before the Glass-Stiegel Act was repealed allowing banks into the investment business I hope the investor class is realizing that this may not be a coincidence What is the s

nbsp Hidden within a parenthesis deep in Matt Bai s profile of Newt Gingrich in last week s New York Times Magazine was the following bit of news A Baptist since graduate school Gingrich said he will soon convert to Catholicism his wife rsquo s faith Read it here nbsp