Fr. Robert Lauder is a philosophy professor at St. John’s University and the author of “Pope Francis’ Spirituality and Our Story” (Resurrection Press).
Fifth and final in a series
I HAVE JUST finished taping 24 lectures on the Catholic novel that are now available on NET-TV and YouTube. I found the process of taping the shows over the last six months demanding, but ultimately very rewarding, educational and even inspiring. Doing the shows was another experience of the truth of the saying, “If you become a teacher, by your students you will be taught.
Fourth in a series
IN WRITING THIS series of columns about art and literature, I have been tapping into a lifetime of experiences in literature, theater, film and other works of art. For me, it has been a wonderful trip down memory lane.
Recently a friend of mine, who is an art critic, mentioned to me that he thought the experience of art is a subjective experience. I immediately disagreed. His use of the word “subjective” set off a train of thoughts in my mind.
BEFORE I SAT down to write this column, I went to my filing cabinet and took out a piece of ancient history. It is a term paper that I co-authored 65 years ago with two of my classmates in our last year of college and our second year in the major seminary in Huntington.
I HAVE ALWAYS loved Holy Week. As I anticipate the next few days, I am recalling some experiences that I have had of Holy Week in years past. All are fond memories.
I think being Catholic affords me the opportunity to experience community at the deepest level, to influence others in the most radical way and to be influenced by others in the most radical way.
The National Geographic Museum exhibit, “Tomb of Christ: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Experience,” serves as an immersive tour of the ancient church built on the site where Christ is believed to have been crucified and buried.
First in a series
A FEW YEARS ago in the parish at which I celebrate Sunday Eucharist, a few parishioners formed a committee to create programs to help make the parish more of a community. I admire their interest and commitment and I am surprised at how much success they have had.
FOR THE PAST WEEK I have been thinking about the important role stories can play in our lives.
Father Robert Lauder, a regular on NET-TV’s “Reel Faith,” and the Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis, present the 55th Friday Film Festival on six Fridays at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, this spring.
