What is possible when we acknowledge the strength of our diversity?
September 11
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On the 15th anniversary of 9/11, a prayer for my teenage son
It is in our acts of mercy, not retribution, that we share in the very life of God.
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A post-9/11 Generation Catholic analyzes the struggles of his faith.
“Memory is a key part of keeping faith in the modern world.”
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Remembering a schoolmate who died a hero on September 11
The boy I knew so long ago in grammar and high school had died a martyr, an American hero.
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Widowed on 9/11, Patty Fallone never questioned God.
Patty Fallone chose not to blame God when her husband was killed. She chose to make the best of her situation. Every day, she chose to get up every morning and go on living.
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World Trade Center Journal: Part One
From America s issue of Oct 1 2001 On Sept 13 two days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center I made my way to one of the emergency trauma centers in Manhattan It had been hastily set up in a cavernous sports facility called Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River I had been there ea
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Painting 9/11
Dan Gheno an artist whose paintings were featured in the 9 11 issue of America recently stopped by America house to offer a reflection about art as a meditation on grief and to discuss the imagery in his work
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Temporary and Timeless: The 9/11 memorials, then and now
The new 9/11 memorial beckons us to immerse ourselves and emerge into a new life.
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What 9/11 can teach us about love, heroism and courage
While national leaders prepared for war, many Americans paused in wonder amid the pain.
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What Can Be Done? What Should Be Done?
To write about Sept. 11, 2001, is to know the paucity of one’s vocabulary and literary skill. The words are so disproportionate to the tragedy that the temptation is to stop trying to describe it. John Paul II condemned it as an unspeakable horror and a dark day in the history of humanity, a t