Yesterday at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Cardinal Theodore McCarrick led a conference call to release a document called Respecting the Just Rights of Workers Guidance and Options for Catholic Health Care and Unions For several years McCarrick led a working group on the tex

nbsp Okay I know you rsquo re swamped and I know you already have a pile of things to read for the summer but let me add to your load in a most friendly and encouraging way nbsp And by way of proof let me also excerpt a bit from each book to give you a soup ccedil on of what awaits you Firs

The opening of the Manhattan High Line on June 12 attracted thousands of people during its first week including me I was so favorably impressed that I returned yesterday to walk it again This time I tried out one of the chic well-placed wooden lounge chairs long enough to read a section of the S

July 1 is the date in the Archdiocese of Washington when the re-assignment of pastors and associates come into effect So it is also a time when you encounter a new preaching style from the new arrival At my church we are losing a curate who attended Mt St Mary rsquo s in Emmitsburg and receivi

Cambridge MA On June 19th feast of the Sacred Heart Pope Benedict inaugurated a ldquo Year for Priests rdquo in keeping with the 150th birth anniversary of St John Vianney the famed Cure d rsquo Ars who is the patron of parish priests Jim Martin SJ mentioned all this in a recent post T

As you probably know the Jesuit St Claude la Colombiere was the spiritual director to St Margaret Mary Alacoque who received the visions of the Sacred Heart in Paray-le-Monial in France nbsp In a vision Jesus was said to have told Margaret Mary who was having a hard time getting anyone in h