Sidney Callahan

Surprise I went to the 9 00 a m mass instead of the 12 00 and found out our parish was having a Corpus Christi procession through the town nbsp After fifty plus years as a Catholic convert this was a first for me although I have participated in the Pax Christi Good Friday stations of the cross

Polygamy next Prominent churchmen have worried that legalizing same sex marriage will lead to accepting polygamy in the future To my mind they are underestimating the unique and innate drive for pair bonding that contributes to equality and unity in a marital relationship nbsp Such mutuality is

Polygamy next nbsp nbsp Prominent churchmen have worried that legalizing same sex marriage will lead to accepting polygamy in the future nbsp nbsp To my mind they are underestimating the unique and innate drive for pair bonding that contributes to equality and unity in a marital relationship

I met my first Swami the other day at a panel discussion in my suburban Hudson river town library no less nbsp A new local group had been formed to explore questions of spirituality in action with a special focus on science and the professions The seminar was titled ldquo Coping with Crisis

Does silence imply consent nbsp Amidst the recent church conflicts over the Obama-Notre Dame commencement speech and conferral of an honorary degree it has been claimed that the silence of the majority of bishops should be interpreted as an acceptance of the invitation But no reply others sile

Anna Manahan a renowned Irish actress died last week in her Waterford home at the age of 84 I never saw her on the stage but twenty five years ago I had a brief and memorable encounter with her at a brunch party given in her honor Our noisy crowd was draped all over the room and sitting on the fl

Ash Wednesday in my stepmother rsquo s Alzheimer rsquo s complex saw twenty or so residents aged 80 to 105 sitting in the Solarium in blank silence Surely here we needed no ashes to ldquo Remember man that thou art dust and to dust thou shall return rdquo Every patient in this locked facility

Yesterday watching the Inauguration I was surprised by patriotic joy This intense response confirmed a recent psychological report I had been reading demonstrating how poorly people predict their own future emotions Science 9 January 2009 In experiments showing once again that humans are poo