I have been reflecting recently on labyrinths as spiritual symbols and an invitation to a specific form of prayer Our parish Saint Ignatius contains an art gallery which does some three shows a year around religious art It has sponsored just now for the University of San Francisco a lovely

It may yet fall through but the Russian-brokered deal to collect Syria rsquo s chemical weapons seems a genuine and life-saving diplomatic breakthrough If successful the Russians rsquo win-win-win solution to the problem of Syria rsquo s chemical weapons spares Syria the Mideast and the world a

The Administrative Committee of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an urgent call for a political solution to the crisis in Syria today nbsp ldquo We ask the United States to work with other governments to obtain a ceasefire initiate serious negotiations provide impartial humanitaria

Cape Cod MA I am as mentioned several weeks back when reporting on my retreat entering upon a year rsquo s sabbatical I am thinking that perhaps it will be of interest to some readers of In All Things if I report in now and then on my year including later on my trip to India Sri Lanka and

nbsp Cape Cod MA I am about to blog about the beginning of my sabbatical but more immediately and first I would like to call your attention to a fine journal Dilatato Corde perhaps ldquo With An Open Heart rdquo which appears online and also in printed form It is a Catholic journal in th

A Prayer for Peace in SyriaO Prince of Peace we come before you sinful and sorrowful We know that we are all guilty of hatred and contempt and yet we ask for your mercy and forgiveness In Syria millions of our brothers and sisters are suffering greatly And it seems that their suffering may be