It s nearly impossible to argue that the Benedictine monks of St Joseph Abbey in Louisiana should not be allowed to sell their simple handmade wooden caskets Unless of course you re a funeral director concerned about your own profits According to CNS Louisiana law allows only licensed funera
A pastor in Oak Park Ill has apologized to the women and women religious of his parish for the Vatican s insensitive and harsh words nbsp Here is the story from the local newspaper the Journal of Oak Park and River Forest Rev Larry McNally pastor of Ascension Parish in Oak Park couldn t
Cambridge MA Turning 60 seems to be the kind of event that deserves some attention I have been pondering this fact for a number of months but now with increasing awareness mdash today being August 17 my birthday just two days away but I am still not sure whether it is really a significant ma
Since this list is getting some play on the web I figured I would post it here since I wrote it nbsp I had cobbled together this top-ten list for the promotion of The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything and it will appear in the paperback edition some time next year nbsp Let me know if I lef
Maureen O Connell in a post below has already registered her alarm at the commodification of spiritual longings in the marketing of the new movie Eat Pray Love nbsp She also predicted that the movie may not simply be a disappointment but actually dangerous nbsp Now in his review Harry Forbe