El Camino Speaks
For over 1,000 years, Europeans living north of the Alps who desired some divine blessing in their lives have made their way to the closest place on their continent where they could access the spiritual authority of an Apostle: Santiago de Compostela. The way to the traditional burial place of St. J
Helping the Healing
Once a month Sister Barbara Flannery waits outside a door for about two hours. On the other side is a support group for people sexually abused as minors by priests. I’m there, hanging around, said Sister Flannery, chancellor of the Diocese of Oakland, Calif., and a member of the Sisters of St.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
One of publishing’s most remarkable success stories in recent times centers on an old man, a young man and life’s greatest lesson. It is the book, later an Off-Broadway play, called Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom. The hardcover edition, published by Doubleday in 1997, nested comfor
Letters
Letters
Church Management
I appreciate the observations of Frederick W. Gluck in Crisis Management in the Church (12/1). There are, however, some special circumstances that should be kept in mind in discussing management policies in the church.
First, church members and clergy are volunteers, and they cannot be managed by the same principles as those applied to salaried…
Editorials
Campaign Casualties
Presidential election campaigns in the United States have become trials for the long-distance runner, increasingly extended and increasingly expensive. For some months now, the nine declared candidates for the Democratic Party presidential nomination have been appearing at various panels around the
Books
Sensational Secrets
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is a fast-paced, well-plotted murder mystery that takes the reader through the Louvre a long night of murders and a police chase out of Paris to a wet morning in London. There the identity of the evil Teacher who masterminded the killings is revealed.
No Velvet Curtains for Them
Carol Bergman rsquo s Another Day in Paradise is a slim deeply moving anthology of stories by 15 international humanitarian workers who write eloquently and candidly about their experiences in places of war and natural disaster A journalist and the child of genocide survivors Bergman is fascinat
Freud Was a Fan
The vagaries of Arthur Schnitzler rsquo s reputation in the English-speaking world have been curious Often praised but little read best known for filmed versions of his work from Max Ophuls rsquo s marvelous ldquo La Ronde rdquo 1950 to Stanley Kubrick rsquo s dreadful ldquo Eyes Wide Shut r
The Word
Standing on the Threshold
As we stand on the threshold of the feast, we begin to realize that the radiance of God can shine forth through faithfulness in the ordinary events of life.
Our Savior, Christ the Lord
The feast of Christmas is so rich that we need three sets of readings to throw light on its meaning Even then we only scratch the surface At midnight we are struck by the contrast between a child in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes and the Wonder-Counselor of whom Isaiah speaks He who was…
Columns
Down and Dumber
Would you take seriously a presidential candidate who wore a baseball cap backwards, who sported a raft of tattoos on various body parts or who used the word “like” more than once in every sentence? No, neither would I. But I am beginning to believe we’re just too old-fashioned for
Faith
Standing on the Threshold
As we stand on the threshold of the feast, we begin to realize that the radiance of God can shine forth through faithfulness in the ordinary events of life.
News
Signs of the Times
World AIDS Day Draws Support From Churches Large and SmallFrom Washington to Dakar, Senegal, Catholic bishops joined in marking World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 with promises of support for those with H.I.V./AIDS and encouragement to change behaviors that lead to the spread of the disease. In Rome, Pope Joh
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