Becoming One: Emerging trends in the ecumenical movement

Where is the Holy Spirit leading us in the ecumenical movement? I would like to reflect prayerfully on the new springtime that is emerging gradually, quietly and peacefully. This new era in the movement will encompass the momentous gains of five decades of dialogue and also lead us closer to that fu

by Denis J. Madden

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Beauty of DanceRe “Pope Francis Calls for Solidarity and Dialogue” (Signs of the Times, 8/12): More than 10 years ago in America (“Shall We Dance,” 3/25/02) I asked whether we, as the people of God, would respond to the invitation to “praise God’s name in the fest

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A Traveling Man

Travel has been around since Adam and Eve were forced to leave the Garden of Eden Noah built an ark and Abram also on God rsquo s instructions took a look at all of the land before his eyes Travel writing was invented by Homer and Virgil and the Synoptic Gospels may have helped revive…

by Jon M. Sweeney

Defender of the Faith?

When the murderers of Archbishop Thomas Becket sliced off the top of his head and scattered his brains on the pavement stones of Canterbury Cathedral they could hardly have imagined the fascination their victim’s life would attract for centuries to come.

by Joseph P. Creamer

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Missile Silos, North Dakota

Furred, the horizonsare both calling and escaping:there must be an edge.Near the bases on the prairiethe farms in silhouette seem homesick;one can imagine entering their kitchensand from the stubbled fieldsbirds rise up, hopeful.Someone stands at a windowlooking for a limit to visionbut the fields p

by Kathleen Spivack

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Who’s Missing?

When you rsquo re lost it rsquo s good to be missed it rsquo s even better to be found At the heart of spiritual lostness though is our collusion in our own absence People are not inanimate objects like coins things that can fall unwittingly into corners nor are they like sheep animals with

by John W. Martens

Commending Dishonesty?

I am not alone in considering Jesus rsquo parable of the dishonest or unrighteous manager or steward oikonomos the most difficult complex and confusing of all Jesus rsquo parables The reason for this is simple in the first verse of the parable after determining that the manager is ldquo

by John W. Martens

Who’s Missing?

When you rsquo re lost it rsquo s good to be missed it rsquo s even better to be found At the heart of spiritual lostness though is our collusion in our own absence People are not inanimate objects like coins things that can fall unwittingly into corners nor are they like sheep animals with

by John W. Martens

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Best of Both Worlds: Building Catholic friendships in college

As the summer of my senior year of high school drew to an end, the inevitable separation approached: I was about to venture into the world on my own, bidding my family a goodbye vastly different from the routine “see ya” exchanged before school each morning. Along with the usual changes

by Clare Jensen

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Jean Bethke Elshtain, an ethicist, scholar and author, died on Aug. 11 in Nashville at age 72. • Calling the program “deeply needed” by many, U.S. Agriculture Department undersecretary Kevin Concannon expressed his gratitude on Aug. 19 to Catholic leaders for championing the Supplem

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Syrians Flee Into Iraq

The U.N. refugee agency said on Aug. 19 that some 30,000 Syrians had streamed into northern Iraq and thousands more were waiting to enter. “This new exodus from Syria is among the largest we have so far seen during the conflict, which is now into its third year,” said Dan McNorton, a U.N

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