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 […]
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Exploring Radical Incompleteness
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 […]
Mass Text Changes Take Place Nov. 27
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 […]
Liturgical Texts Changing Smoothly
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 […]
Theology Deals With What Is Most Real
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 […]
Opening Mass Shows Church Is Alive
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 […]
Camp Invention in Dyker Heights
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 […]
An Opportunity for Grace
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 […]
Yankees, Archbishop Treat Haitian Kids from Queens
Ten students from SS. Joachim and Anne School, Queens Village, participated in a day to remember, courtesy of Yankees HOPE Week. The students were all Haitians and were victims of the 2010 earthquake that devastated their homeland. They also are recipients of educational grants from the diocese’s Futures in Education Foundation. The students were told […]
We’re Moving, We Are Not on Vacation
As I write this, there are boxes all around me. I need to pack. Outside the office, summer interns are busy clearing cabinet files. Documents containing business transactions and editorial matters are being stored in cardboard boxes as they are made ready for another move of The Tablet’s office. As you should already know, there […]