Category Archives: religion

Gaudete Sunday

The crowds asked John the Baptist,“What should we do?”He said to them in reply,“Whoever has two cloaksshould share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise.”Even tax collectors came to be baptized and they said … Continue reading

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The Last Day

A friend asked me to read the book The Last Day by James Landis and tell her what I think. She sent me an advance copy and I told her I’d post my response. It isn’t the kind of book … Continue reading

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Nuns and Justice

The New York Times continues to have pieces in support of Catholic nuns in America. I presume they’re getting a large number of letters and editorials on the subject by people whose lives are positively affected by Sisters across the … Continue reading

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Nuns in America (2)

The National Catholic Reporter has done a great job of covering the Apostolic Visitation of women religious in the U.S. and of being clear, articulate and also challenging the Visitation. They have had gifted columnists writing, including editor Tom Fox, … Continue reading

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Nuns in America on NPR

On Tuesday, Talk of the Nation, the afternoon call-in show on National Public Radio, aired a half-hour story rooted in the Apostolic Visitation of American nuns. To listen to the show, click here. I have to say when I heard … Continue reading

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Small Place, Big Story

This is a small place with big stories. Mostly they are Catholic stories, about the role the monks and nuns played in the Liturgical Movement, particularly from the 1920s forward, and significantly during the Vatican II era. Abbot Baldwin Dworschak … Continue reading

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Living in Lake Wobegon

Pandemic fears have reached the Catholic Church of St. Joseph. It seems the bishop had an article in the St. Cloud Times this morning advising parishes to take precautions because of the H1N1 (swine) flu. The directives were not to … Continue reading

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Bathtub Madonnas

About a year ago someone on the listserve asked what a “bathtub madonna” was. I was surprised there was someone out there who didn’t know about the tradition of burying a bathtub upside down in the yard and turning it … Continue reading

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Catholic Literature

I’m always interested in how people define “Catholic Literature.” I tried making a serious study of this question when I was a resident scholar for a year at the Collegeville Institute. Although I was raised a Catholic until 12, I … Continue reading

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Doubt

Spoiler Alert: I’m not going to give anything away in this review/entry, but I also am not going to hide my “read” on the events portrayed in the film. So if you want to go into it with an open … Continue reading

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