When religious cults begin, they often attract suspicion, scorn, and trepidation. This is nothing new. Civilizations have been suspicious of new and unknown...
Author - Kevin P. Considine
Cuando era niño y asistía a la escuela católica, la Anunciación era uno de los misterios gozosos que las buenas hermanas me hicieron aprender de memoria: el...
I did not say anything. Students played it cool. I heard a few students gasp in surprise when they walked into my room after Christmas break. Other...
As Christian mystic Howard Thurman noted, the “religion of Jesus” is supposed to be a word of salvation, a way of survival, and a means for creating a...
In the Gospel of Luke an angel visits a young woman in Nazareth named Mary and asks if she will bear the Messiah. Mary says yes. Then, presto! Mary becomes...
I stood more than 4,000 feet above sea level—close to one mile. As I approached the Johnston Ridge Observatory in the Cascade Mountains, the world opened up...
It was a monthly routine. One afternoon each month, we would meet for lunch at the same local restaurant. We would take turns saying the blessing and paying...
Isabel Flores de Oliva (1586-1617) y Juan Martín de Porres Velázquez (1579-1639) fueron contemporáneos. Ambos vivían en Lima, Perú y eran laicos dominicos...
“God-forsaken.” That’s what she had been told. For 12 years, that’s what they told her. Maybe not using those exact words. But her friends and family, her own...
Squid Game Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk (Netflix, 2021) The Second Vatican Council reminded all of the faithful that we must read and respond to the “signs of...
