One of our newest associate editors Raymond Schroth S J a name most likely familiar to many of our readers he has a long history with America Commonweal and NCR and is the author of many well-respected books--including what looks like a fascinating new book soon to be published on Robert Dri

Stephen Hawking s recent comment that the universe does not need a creator God--because it can spontaneously create itself--has prompted lively debate on the web and also this intelligent response from nbsp Robert Spitzer S J nbsp nbsp Fr Spitzer a Jesuit priest and the former president of Go

From the Springfield Republican The athletic director at Cathedral High School Springfield MA lost her job this week saying she was pressured to leave after marrying her female partner in August Christine M Judd who served as athletic director and dean of students said she is no longer an e

For America rsquo s Catholic workers September 6 marks the second of two lsquo labor days rsquo of the calendar year Most of the world honors the laboring man and woman on May 1 a feast duly marked in our liturgical calendar as the Feast of St Joseph the Worker Later the first Monday in Septe

Over here in Britain we suffer from a particularly enthusiastic kind of professional secularist who loves nothing more than to mount elaborate arguments on the basis of the thinnest premises It must be something to do with our climate whose low grey skies encourage a certain kind of anorak to sp

Sharon MA As readers know I regularly help out with Masses at Our Lady of Sorrows parish in Sharon MA It is a small active and spiritual community that I am blessed to be connected with the past 13 years One of the best things about the parish is its long-time Deacon Michael Iwanowicz who