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February 11, 2002

Vol. 186 / No. 4

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Faith in Focus
Alma Roberts GiordanFebruary 11, 2002

More than we imagine, probably. Hallmark. Fashion gurus. Purveyors of sentimental gifts. And I, too, once prayed to him.

Books
John W. OMalleyFebruary 11, 2002

If you like church history and especially if you know and like Rome you will like this book Desmond O rsquo Grady is an author and journalist who lives in Rome and is perhaps best known for his Rome Reshaped Jubilees 1300-2000 He is not a professional historian perhaps an advantage in this cas

Books
Vincent CurcioFebruary 11, 2002

quot The past is a foreign country they do things differently there quot L H Hartley once famously said Few lives exemplify this better than Paul Robeson rsquo s Today one can go to movies or sports arenas or turn on the television and see black actors singers and athletes followed even

Books
Patrick J. BrennanFebruary 11, 2002

The Parish As Covenant A Call to Pastoral Partnership is a synthesis of wisdom about parish life based on Father Thomas Sweetser rsquo s years of leadership in The Parish Evaluation Project The Parish Assessment and Renewal Process his work with parishes experiencing pastor transitions and other

Arts & Culture Film
Richard A. BlakeFebruary 11, 2002

What follows should come with a warning label for a goodly number of longtime readers. It is time for us Catholics to turn up the lights and take a second look at that brand of mid-century Anglo-Catholicism from both sides of the papal divide that dominated our undergraduate days.

The Word
John R. DonahueFebruary 11, 2002

Lent developed backwards from a celebration of the paschal triduum when the catechumens were baptized and admitted to the Eucharist The Good Friday and Easter Vigil fast was gradually extended to a 40-day fast and after the conversion of the Roman Empire with the decline of adult baptism the se

Columns
Lorraine V. MurrayFebruary 11, 2002

I remember my first clumsy efforts at cutting hearts from red paper to create a valentine for the person I loved most in the world, my mom. No matter how crooked the edges, she always praised my efforts as if they were priceless pieces of artwork. Although my mom died over 20 years ago, each Valenti