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William Van Ornum is professor of psychology at Marist College and director of research and development/grants at American Mental Health Foundation in New York City. He studied theology and scripture at DePaul University.
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The word respect comes from a Latin verb meaning to look at so this October is naturally a time to look at life and as Christians discern ways to cherish and promote life on this Earth From the countless brochures being handed out in Catholic churches across the United States this October--the
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It has been nearly six months now since I have been writing for In All Things and I want to thank the America staff for their great help and support Very few psychologists have the opportunity to reach a such large audience so I view this opportunity as a great gift Responses from readers both
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This report was posted by William Van Ornum on Tuesday but unfortunately disappeared from the site Employees in the prison system in Virginia are preparing the chemicals and setting up the execution chamber for a scheduled execution on today nbsp Thursday September 23 2010 Teresa Lewis was con
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Many of us today remember C. S. Lewis for writing the books which led to the film series “Chronicles of Narnia.”
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Reading Don Brophy rsquo s new book ldquo Catherine of Sienna A Passionate Life rdquo an account of this saint rsquo s she is also one of 36 Doctors of the Church life brought to mind previous biographical readings on Catherine rsquo s own personality Brophy rsquo s book promises to br
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Father Gerry Blaszczak S J Chaplain of Fairfield University addressed the Class of 2014 on September 2 welcoming them to classes and challenging them with the task of becoming global citizens Blaszczak in his 43 years as a Jesuit is a citizen of the world himself He has taught seminarians i
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Coincidences occur when reading thinking and writing Several weeks ago my fellow Jim Keane S J launched a discussion on what history would have been like if John F Kennedy had not been elected president For several years I rsquo ve begun to read an occasional book from the genre of alternativ
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Perhaps we cloud this topic with euphemisms--but many a boy or growing young man who is poor at sports faces hurdles of bias loneliness and rejection Despite many ways of compensating intellectual musical artistic poor athletic coordination keeps many boys and young men alienated from their
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The American Psychiatric Association is getting closer to putting into use the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual This massive work defines behavioral symptoms of nearly 300 conditions that it deems to be ldquo psychiatric disorders rdquo Each is coded with a number For one
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Water has held a special place in the world right from the start In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth the earth was a formless wasteland and darkness covered the abyss while a mighty wind swept over the waters Soon the fishes filled the waters and the scene was set fo