Chicago Once again the opportunity to blog for America puts me in the position of commenting on topics beyond my expertise but I cannot let pass without mention the 700th anniversary of the death of Marguerite Porete the medieval Christian mystic who was condemned for heresy and burnt at the stak

Cambridge MA May 27 was graduation day at Harvard a splendid ceremonial event as well as occasion of myriad smaller personal and family instances of celebration and thanksgiving as a truly global community descended upon Harvard Yard for the main ceremonies But of still greater interest to me

Cambridge MA As you know from many lsquo fusion rsquo blogs I do not neatly separate out my weekend ministry as a priest and my work as a Catholic theologian who tries to learn deeply from Hinduism Another crossover moment is our current feast Pentecost As we hear in the first reading the

Cambridge MA It is an understatement to notice that we rsquo ve been going through some hard times in the Church and the crises are well documented in In All Things We must all be hoping and praying that the Church ourselves included undergo some renewal and fresh gust of Spirit at Pentecost

Cambridge MA A comment on my last blog was memorable ldquo Fr Looney seems to hold a fascination for everything but Catholicism rdquo Spelling is abominable these days But more importantly the writer seemed to juxtapose two disconnected fascinations one for things Catholic and one for o

Cambridge MA I rsquo ve been wandering a bit in the last few weeks inside outside around the edges of the Church Part of it had to do with actual travel trips to Washington DC Santa Clara California and New York City but much of it was movement in a mental space in a series of conversati

Cambridge MA You may recall from Jim Martin rsquo s kind notice in January that on July 1 I will become director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard I haven rsquo t done a thing yet but the Center moves along steadily and indeed has become venerable this week marking it

Cambridge MA I am sure that by now regular readers of In All Things have figured out that I am not particularly well-connected in ecclesial circles and certainly have no inside scoop on the Vatican But I can use the internet and read And so when I was disheartened by the latest uproar at the V

Cambridge MA I am privileged once again this year to be the scheduled celebrant at the Holy Thursday liturgy in the parish where I help out Our Lady of Sorrows in Sharon MA Be sure visit this wonderful parish when in the neighborhood I am pondering the shape of the liturgy in my mind and he

Sacramento CA As Holy Week and Easter approach I will continue my wildly popular series of reflections on my Tamil love course with some reflections from a Christian perspective on the poetry of the 9th century south Indian Hindu saint Shatakopan He is one of the alvars like Tirumalisai Pi