Sister Mary Brennan
Month: July 2023
Letters to the Editor Week of July 22, 2023
Rash of Humpback Whale Deaths, Leviathan, Perfect Timing, Kudos to The Tablet, Vet Honored by Parish
Laudato Si’ & Growing Our Own Faith
In this week’s edition, The Tablet looks at nature’s beauty and bounty as the summer harvests from many backyard gardens begin to flourish.
The Eucharist Has Always Been a Storytelling Event
Who can guess why some ideas that we previously did not pay much attention to begin to take a predominant place in our consciousness?
Church Law is Tempered With the Mercy of God
As a student at the major seminary, I remember going to our canon law professor after class one day.
Brooklyn Priest’s Beekeeping Hobby Is ‘A Way to Worship or Praise God’
The term “domestic engineer” applies to a stay-at-home parent or person tasked with various homemaking duties — much like a worker bee in a honey-producing hive.
Bring a Childlike Thought to Your Faith
“Auntie, you’re a stormtrooper, and you have to chase me.” Jackie, my four-year-old niece and a Star Wars fan, said this to me as we played in the yard. She handed me a stick that would serve as my blaster, while her own longer stick became a lightsaber.
Pope’s Ukraine Envoy To Meet Biden In Wake of Cluster Bombs Decision
Italian Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Pope Francis’s personal envoy for the Ukraine-Russia war, will meet with President Joe Biden on July 18 as part of his current trip to Washington to promote peace and discuss solutions to the conflict, the White House has announced.
A Strong Advocate for Immigrant Rights, Retired Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Manz Passes At 77
Retired Auxiliary Bishop John R. Manz of Chicago died unexpectedly July 15. No cause of death was released. He was 77.
Pope’s Top Diplomat Undertakes Quiet Peace Mission in Armenia, Azerbaijan
This past week the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, quietly led his own “peace mission” to the Caucasus nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have long been engaged in violent conflict, to promote peace talks.