Sr Mary Ann Walsh RSM nbsp is the tireless and talented director of media relations for the USCCB who also writes the USCCB media blog nbsp When someone of her prominence starts to wonder about some of the aspects the Apostolic Visitation you should take notice nbsp Here s an excerpt Then

St. Vianney spent upwards of 12 to 13 hours a day in the confessional. I once mentioned that in a lecture in a large parish and one young man immediately raised his hand and said, “Why, what did he do?”

News from CNS on the Apostolic Visitation of women s religious orders in the US details of the questionnaire to be sent to the orders with questions on almost every aspect of the nbsp women s nbsp life nbsp identity understanding of religious life governance effectiveness of the order s st

Tomorrow July 31 nbsp or today depending on when you re reading this is the Feast of St Ignatius Loyola founder of the Society of Jesus aka the Jesuits nbsp To nbsp celebrate the day here is a favorite passage from his Autobiography which marks not only the beginning of the saint s convers

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nbsp It s always pleasant business to report good news from the Catholic publishing scene nbsp Actually good news from a surprising source nbsp Last year Orbis Books full disclosure Robert Ellsberg the publisher is a friend and Orbis published one of my books published a book by Jim Dou

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You nbsp thought I was going to castigate The New Yorker again didn t you nbsp Wrong nbsp As I mentioned when I disagreed with Paul Rudnick s piece on nuns I usually love TNY nbsp Viz this week s issue has a nbsp top-flight piece by Joan Acocella who wrote on the best articles I ve ever re

Several years ago a Jesuit in our community brought back from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art a print of a painting by an artist of whom I had never heard James Ensor nbsp The painting was among his most famous works Christ s Entry into Brussels above nbsp It was unlike anything I had

The Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola the founder of the Jesuits is coming up--on July 31 In preparation for that day what should or could you do Well St Ignatius would probably be happy if you went to Mass on that day spent an hour in prayer and did some good work for the poor But rather