A line still forms outside the Father McKenna Center at St. Aloysius Church in Washington, D.C. People come to the cramped but homey church basement looking for food, clothing, housing and personal support. They still tell stories about Father McKenna, who died 25 years ago.
I have always been a reasonably successful person: a long marriage, beautiful children, published clips on demand, no criminal record, no bankruptcies. Ive been a hard worker at every job Ive had. Ive been O.K.until this past year, which I have spent as an English teacher in a public high school. Th
In 2004 Franz Wright won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Walking to Martha 8217 s Vineyard In 2006 Wright followed this success with God 8217 s Silence about which James S Torrens S J poetry editor of America has written in these pages 4 9 and which I consider brilliant 8212 many of
The words ldquo money rdquo and ldquo spirituality rdquo are seldom found in the same sentence Yet Luke and other biblical writers give a good deal of attention to money and possessions In Luke rsquo s own community there seems to have been some tension between rich and poor and he took a spe