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December 2019

December 29, 2019
Not that long ago, I met an Anglican woman who told me that at every...
December 24, 2019
I posted this piece eight years ago.  It was written as a homily (I was...
December 09, 2019
I received the following reflection second hand via email.  It comes from a Catholic Worker...

November 2019

November 10, 2019
I have been asked by the Consistent Life Network to write 800 words on the...
November 06, 2019
In his response of the recent document of the Congregation for Catholic Education, “Male and...
November 01, 2019
In a time when fear holds so much sway, when violence is so often touted...

September 2019

September 27, 2019
To our readers:  just a note to let you know that thanks to your readership,...
September 26, 2019
I can't get the image out of my mind. Ever since her impassioned speech at...

August 2019

August 24, 2019
The old question of holding hands during the Our Father has erupted again.  Before moving...
August 19, 2019
It started off as another failed art pilgrimage. When I told our tour guide on...
August 10, 2019
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a church group I am...
August 06, 2019
Dorothy Day said that "I only love God as much as I love the person...
August 04, 2019
Every time news breaks of another public shooting, I've come to have the same sinking...

July 2019

July 30, 2019
And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he...

June 2019

June 30, 2019
With this post I continue (and I hope finish) my very long reflection about the...
June 12, 2019
A nation that reflected Warren’s platform would be one in which the matrix of “a social...

April 2019

April 20, 2019
You start by playing to fear. You will find plenty of people who, for various...
April 15, 2019
"Oh my goodness - Notre Dame is burning!" I texted a friend just a few...
April 14, 2019
As Catholics know all too well, our Church has a serious illness, one that has...

March 2019

March 23, 2019
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's response to the horrific mosque shootings in the city...
March 07, 2019
I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the mass readings from two...

February 2019

February 03, 2019
I want to continue my narrative about the consistent life ethic as I understand--or perhaps...
February 02, 2019
There is a narrative being frequently reiterated by political analysts around the 116th Congress, particularly...

January 2019

January 14, 2019
NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday featured a poignant interview with Father Roy Snipes, who serves Mission,...
January 13, 2019
There is a petition addressed to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that has...
January 06, 2019
This post began about a month ago, when I got a funding raising email from...

December 2018

December 31, 2018
A few weeks ago, Facebook presented me with a 2018 “year in review.” A carefully...
December 31, 2018
A combination of wishful thinking and reflexive pessimism typically overwhelms my otherwise rational predictive powers,...
December 27, 2018
Truth is, the whole thing is sickening, and this may be Jackson's greatest achievement. By...
December 26, 2018
2018 has not been an easy year for Catholics around the world as more and...
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