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May 2019

May 16, 2019
Catholicism in the last few decades has been consumed by a tension between two struggles....

February 2019

February 12, 2019
I came across this article recently on a friend's social media feed. It describes the trap many...
February 10, 2019
Back over a decade ago when the debate over climate change was starting to heat...

December 2018

December 02, 2018
I really value the traditions of Advent. The preparations for Christmas are almost more exciting...

October 2018

October 14, 2018
A relative asked me recently: “When will you just decide you’re through with the Church?”...
October 05, 2018
I sometimes imagine talking to my daughters, who are quite young now, in twenty years...

September 2018

September 18, 2018
It's easy enough to be sad this Autumn. The Church is yet again in crisis...
September 05, 2018
Every year my family and I take a trip to the deep woods of Northern...

August 2018

August 26, 2018
American politics has embraced hyper-polarization as a way of dealing with uncomfortable truths about modern...
August 22, 2018
There is a small Episcopal church in my hometown and it has had an important...
August 07, 2018
If you don't follow the poetry world, you may have missed the recent kerfuffle at...
August 04, 2018
July marked the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, the Papal Encyclical that solidified/clarified/revised the Church's...

July 2018

July 31, 2018
When you attend a Jesuit college, you become fluent in the various labels that come...
July 30, 2018
On our last full day in France (we’re settled back in the Nutmeg State now,...
July 22, 2018
I have been slow writing these columns lately because I have been in France for...
July 14, 2018
In the past year, I have become involved in a new ministry at my parish...
July 11, 2018
So often in prayer, we hope for yes. A yes to our wishes. A yes...
July 09, 2018
A while ago I wandered into an argument on social media. Always a wise move...
July 09, 2018
When I was young, so many descriptions of prayer tried to emphasize how active and...
July 03, 2018
July 4th always brings me back to Boston. In most cases, it is because I...
July 01, 2018
If you pay attention, America can be hard to love. As a society, we have...

June 2018

June 27, 2018
Donald Hall was the first poet I ever wrote to. He passed away on June...
June 21, 2018
Though for most of my life I was a night owl, since I became a...
June 15, 2018
I have often taught Saint Paul's Letters. Paul is popular among philosophers and literary theorists...
June 12, 2018
It is late spring still. So much of the news has been bad. The natural...
June 10, 2018
So we are not quite into summer yet, but it’s just around the corner. Outdoor...
June 09, 2018
This week we were stunned by the suicides of both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain....
June 07, 2018
It’s a humid day here in Connecticut, warmer than expected. Weeks of frequent rain have...
June 05, 2018
Augustine is one of those sources that you can’t help but turn to again and...
June 01, 2018
Reading exists as much in our fantasy lives as it does in our routine. How...
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