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‘William White is Dead’

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

By Lawrence C. Provenzano
The bicameral system needs to be replaced with a unicameral General Convention that meets in sacred council to consider the mission of the church, its programs and budget.

‘Complex and Disturbing’

Monday, April 30, 2012

‘Oh Thou Transcendent’
The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tony Palmer Films

So Great a Cloud of Memories

Friday, April 20, 2012

By Derek Olsen
The ecclesiology of Holy Women, Holy Men shrinks the effective Church to the merely visible.

What does it mean to be a Catholic university? Alasdair MacIntyre, perhaps the most influential living philosopher, believes the answer to this question involves a significant place for the Catholic philosophical tradition.

Take Your Place at God’s Banquet

Monday, April 9, 2012

By Daniel H. Martins
There is a banquet table prepared for you, overflowing with God’s abundant blessings; come, and take your place.

Second Annunciation

Friday, April 6, 2012

By Jon Adamson
When Mary spoke in the Magi’s tongue, she declared the Good News of salvation that was to come to the ends of the earth.

Politics, Ashes, and Easter

Friday, April 6, 2012

By David L. Holmes
In the Bible and in the Quran, forty is the number traditionally used to signify a solemn period during which God reveals his purposes to his people.

Honoring Oliver O’Donovan

Friday, April 6, 2012

By Mark L. MacDonald
We are unanimous in our conviction that O’Donovan’s work is transformative and unique in its relevance to the Church’s present and future.

Jesus as Martyr for Israel

Friday, April 6, 2012

By Robert Russell Smith
In 2010 I wrote a play, The Inquiry: A Story of the Passion of Jesus, that incorporates my findings from Jewish law.

God Is in the Neighborhood

Friday, March 30, 2012

Allan Crite was a painter of urban life. Much less familiar are his works devoted to Christian themes such as the illustrations he did for a small volume on the Mass published by Cowley Press.