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Here Lies Love

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim (Nonesuch Records, 2010) I lost interest in David Byrne about 20 years ago. After the Talking Heads, he became a hipster...

Whitewash or renewal?

In year two of the sex-abuse scandal, it it time for the laity to brush up on their leadership skills? About 200 laypeople from some 50 Chicago-area parishes...

Who’s the boss?

The priest shortage is generating some creative solutions to parish staffing, but they require a little flexibility and a healthy sense of humor on the part of...

Out of sight, out of mind

Once ubiquitous, the parish priest is disappearing into thin air, with troubling effects on young Catholic imaginations. A few years ago while teaching, I...