Francis X. Clooney, S.J.

Snowmass Colorado As I start this reflection I am finishing my annual retreat this time at St Benedict rsquo s Abbey way up in the Rockies and not very far from Aspen where I rsquo ve spent the last 10 days Making an annual retreat is a wonderful thing both for spiritual reasons mdash

Cambridge MA June 27-30 I was in Orlando Florida for the Seventh International Conference of the World Association of Vedic Studies WAVES This is a meeting of Hindus who meet every second year for a conference that is in part a cultural event in part a confidence-building gathering and in

Cambridge MA In a moment I will return as promised to reflections on my spring seminar on the Yoga Sutras and the Spiritual Exercises But first I wish to thank all those who have been commenting on my bi-weekly entries particularly the last two on the anniversary of my ordination as occasi

Cambridge MA On June 10 I will celebrate the 30th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood by Cardinal Terence Cooke I won t be getting together with my nine Jesuit classmates everyone is still in active ministry but we are saving the reunion for the 50th I think but I am sure al

Cambridge MA Really alert readers will notice that I studiously avoid current events mostly because I have no great insights to add to what I hear on NPR or read in the New York Times I instead focus on things I ve read studied seen at Harvard and elsewhere soon enough I will add a piece

Cambridge MA One of the things that most attracts people to yoga I think is that it is wholesome challenging and able to bring a deep sense of well-being to body mind and spirit — all without seeming to impose an alien worship on the practitioner Even in the ancient Indian traditions an

Cambridge MA Several months ago I mentioned that I was teaching a seminar on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali This fundamental yoga text from nearly 2000 years ago is brief — 195 very succinct verses — but it is the reference point for all the later yoga systems I promised to report on the res

Cambridge MA There are many good things and interesting things to reflect on after the Pope s visit to the Washington and New York but here I pick up on only one Benedict s April 17th visit with representatives of various religions at the John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington Benedict

Cambridge MA I am sure I am not alone in having mixed feeling about Pope Benedict s coming visit to the United States Of course I share the respect and even reverence due to the Papacy in general and to this holy Pope in particular and of course I share in the prayers of all those hoping tha

Cambridge MA The March 22nd issue of The Tablet includes a fascinating record from our recent Catholic history the transcript of a 2003 conversation between Cardinal Franz K nig retired archbishop of Vienna and Fr Jacques Dupuis SJ a distinguished theologian who was at the time under sc