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From America s issue of Oct 1 2001 On Sept 13 two days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center I made my way to one of the emergency trauma centers in Manhattan It had been hastily set up in a cavernous sports facility called Chelsea Piers on the Hudson River I had been there ea

Talking with Vatican Radio on 9 11 and the spiritual legacy of Ground Zero

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My experience of 9/11 was not simply one of tragedy but also of resurrection.

From Our Sunday Visitor s story on unsettling findings from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate CARA A new survey conducted by the nbsp Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate nbsp CARA at Georgetown University indicates that more than three in four adult Catholics in the U

Michael Rossmann SJ a Jesuit scholastic from the Wisconsin Province is with the millions of young people at World Youth Day in Madrid after having participated with many of his Jesuit brothers in the Magis Program of Ignatian spirituality in Loyola Spain nbsp nbsp Michael is also reportin

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Today is the Feast of Blessed Pierre Favre S J one of the early Jesuit companions and an overlooked Jesuit hero nbsp Often called the Second Jesuit Favre was said by St Ignatius Loyola the founder of the Society of Jesus nbsp to be the man best suited to direct others in his Spiritual Ex