John A. Coleman

On April 11 we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Pacem in Terris Peace on Earth which appeared in 1963 just months after the Cuban missile crisis Pope John had served as an important mediator between the Americans and Russians during that crisis Later Premier Kruschev said of John q

nbsp On Saturday last I attended an intriguing seminar sponsored by The Vatican Observatory Foundation Its topic was astrobiology Astrobiology is a compound science which relies on astronomy biology chemistry to ask about the origin evolution distribution of life in the universe Are there h

I was reminded of John Milton 39 s famous line from his poem On Blindness quot They also serve who only stand and wait quot when I recently saw a stellar production of Samuel Beckett 39 s famous play Waiting for Godot at the Marin Theatre Company In fact waiting can be counter-productive to

nbsp I am often asked by people to help them understand and or enter into Ignatian spirituality It would be a mistake for most people to go directly to a copy of The Spiritual Exercises to try to simply read them As they exist the Exercises essentially are the retreat notes Ignatius himself took

nbsp Often I find the period after Christmas as we move into what is called ldquo ordinary time rdquo a rich time to turn to nurturing spiritual reading I want to recommend a book I find very helpful and illuminating Richard Rohr rsquo s Falling Upward A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Li