Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Cambridge MA For some time now I rsquo d been thinking of writing this incidental reflection in early July but I did not imagine that Cambridge would be 60 degrees and soaking in a cold rain as I write So much for summer idylls But I do still want to give you an idea of what a professor actual

Cambridge MA On June 19th feast of the Sacred Heart Pope Benedict inaugurated a ldquo Year for Priests rdquo in keeping with the 150th birth anniversary of St John Vianney the famed Cure d rsquo Ars who is the patron of parish priests Jim Martin SJ mentioned all this in a recent post T

Cambridge MA Years ago when I was a young professor I was asked by a journal editor if I wished to review a certain scholarly book in my field It was the 1980s and email was not yet common so I duly checked off ldquo yes rdquo on the postcard the editor had sent me and mailed it back to hi

Cambridge MA I recently wrote a remembrance of a very old swami Swami Sarvagatananda of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society This time I write of a middle-aged swami who is by all accounts still very active in his ministry nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The occasion is that recently I was sent a copy of

Cambridge MA On May 3 Swami Sarvagatananda a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society and long-time head of the Vedanta Society in Boston died at the age of 96 While his death did not make national headlines it is good to reflect for a moment on his life and its meaning so I will tell

Cambridge MA I am sure many of you read Mark C Taylor s End the University as We Know It op-ed piece in the New York Times on April 27 It is about the need for radical reform in higher education academe including a radical refashioning of what counts as scholarly research But be sure also to

Cambridge MA My impression from the Catholic press and the debates that make the news is that many people assume that theology is just a matter of expressing opinions liberal or conservative loyal or dissident about how things should be in the Church Everyone jumps up with opinions theology

Cambridge MA Here is the third installment in my Triduum exercise in listening to Paramahamsa Yogananda whose reflections on the Gospel accounts of the Last Supper and Crucifixion I sampled for you in the preceding days Like many a preacher I find Easter a rather daunting feast on which to prea

Cambridge MA As indicated in my previous entry several days ago I am offering you three entries this Holy Week in meditation on the mysteries of the Last Supper the death of Jesus and the Resurrection But not my own thoughts rather recognizing that we have so many resources within the Chris

Cambridge MA In this Holy Week we are of course invited to quiet ourselves down pull back a bit and reflect on the meaning of our lives in light of the death and resurrection of Jesus We are fortunate to have an abundance of aids in this reflection ranging from the Bible and the liturgies o