The USCCB Labor Day statement as usual makes for excellent reading and reflection on this holiday ndash even in the absence of the keen analysis of Monsignor Higgins Rightly the primary focus of ldquo Human Costs and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy rdquo is on the workers whose lives ha

On a spectacularly fine day last week I was taking my dog Sunny for her morning walk nbsp Down the hill and across Warburton Bridge we went so I could glory in the beautiful view of the Hudson River nbsp In the middle of the bridge on the opposite side an attractive young male also seemed raptl

At the celebration of Dan Berrigan S J s 85th birthday five years ago nbsp Ad multos annos Dan at St Ignatius of Loyola parish in New York City singer Natalie Merchant performed a classic union song Which Side Are You On nbsp The song made more popular by Pete Seeger in the 1940s bu

Cambridge MA The following has been written for posting on a 9 11 remembrance board at Harvard Divinity School At Christmas 2000 I preached on the version of the birth of Jesus we find in the holy Qur rsquo an ldquo The new-born baby said lsquo Lo I am God rsquo s servant God has given m

I wrote about my experience visiting a medical school anatomy lab a while ago and I described how viewing human bodies in such intimate detail caused me to consider the spiritual and epistemological dimensions of human life One Catholic medical school in Chicago also recognizes the spiritual dimen

We often begin summer with reading recommendations but rarely do we check back in to see what folks actually read So with Labor Day just a few days a way I want to share two books I enjoyed this summer I hope you ll add your favorites below Dissolution by C J Sansom sat unread on my Kindle fo