by Father Robert Lauder Eighth in a Series THE MORE TIME I spend with Father Michael Paul Gallagher’s Faith Maps: Ten Religious Explorers from Newman to Joseph Ratzinger (New York: Paulist Press, 2010, 158 pages, $16.95), the more I like the book. I find it not only interesting and informative but also spiritually challenging. I […]
by Father Lauder Seventh in a series In the chapter on theologian Karl Rahner in Father Michael Paul Gallagher’s excellent book, “Faith Maps: Ten Religious Explorers from Newman to Joseph Ratzinger,” Father Gallagher makes clear that Rahner never watered down the faith so that it might appeal more to his 20th century contemporaries. Rather Rahner […]
by Father Robert Lauder Sixth in a series I think the chapter that I most enjoyed in Father Michael Paul Gallagher’s Faith Maps: Ten Religious Explorers from Newman to Joseph Ratzinger (New York: Paulist Press, 2010, 158 pages, $16.95) was the chapter on the 20th-century theologian, Karl Rahner. Years ago when I was teaching philosophy […]
by Father Robert Lauder Fourth in a series One of the benefits in reading Father Michael Paul Gallagher’s Faith Maps: Ten Religious Explorers from Newman to Joseph Ratzinger (New York: Paulist Press, 2010, 158 pages, $16.95) has been learning more about important thinkers in the history of philosophy and theology that I had only a […]
by Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – When the first Sunday of Advent rolls around Nov. 27 and English-language Masses in the United States are all supposed to follow the updated language in the third edition of the Roman Missal, people’s tongues will undoubtedly trip over some of the changes. What adds up to only a […]
by Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – Bit by bit, the third edition of the Roman Missal is being introduced in parishes throughout the English-speaking world. From Canada to southern Africa to New Zealand, Catholics have seen parts of the new missal introduced at various times – most since January, but some earlier – so that […]
by Father Lauder First in a Series MY EXPERIENCE has been that occasionally a book gains my attention at just about the right moment. What I mean is that the book comes to my attention at a time when the content of the book speaks to what is on my mind and perhaps to problems […]
by Gretchen R. Crowe MADRID (CNS) – A cloudless blue sky turned to inky night as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims participated in the opening Mass for World Youth Day, celebrated by Madrid Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela in the Plaza de Cibeles. Protected from the heat by white umbrellas and streams of soft mists, dozens […]
The Camp Invention program was conducted at St. Bernadette School, Dyker Heights, Aug. 1-5. Created for children entering grades one through six, the exciting Camp Invention is a week-long adventure in creativity that immerses its participants in engaging, hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as history and the arts. Each […]
Every day we hear new assignments of blame for the financial mess we are in. Competing economic theories fault either the lack or the lavishness of government spending for the failure of our economy to produce the jobs, revenues and incentives to meet our demands. Commentators lecture us on our misunderstanding of how government really […]
