Focus

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  Suicide – Reclaiming the Memory of our Loved One

  Jul 31, 2014

  Each year I write a column on suicide. Mostly I say the same thing over and over again, simply because it needs to be said.

  

• Food For Thought

  Jul 24, 2014

  Like Europe, the United States has a difficult time dealing with the complexity of immigration, at the government level as well as private citizens who come into contact with people fleeing harsh economic situations, wars or famine.

  

• What we can learn from our biblical ancestors as migrants

  Jul 24, 2014

  The first three definitions my dictionary lists to describe an immigrant are: foreigner, outsider, alien.

  

• Our duty to welcome the stranger among us

  Jul 24, 2014

  The first time Pope Francis travelled outside of Rome during his papacy, he visited the island of Lampedusa.

  

• Finding a musical identity in our liturgy for the English-speaking community

  Jul 24, 2014

  Our churches are currently going through a rather confusing stage regarding music in our liturgy.

  
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  A visit from the goddess of night

  Jul 24, 2014

  There are few more insightful studies into the spirituality of aging than the late James Hillman’s book, The Force of Character.

  

• Food For Thought

  Jul 17, 2014

  Jesus died because he was faithful to the mission of proclaiming the kingdom.

  
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  Is death willed by God? No, but our faithfulness is willed

  Jul 17, 2014

  We ask the question about many different people. “Why did he or she have to die?” The question grips our hearts especially when the person who died was young or a great leader or a good person.

  
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  Jesus didn’t back down from proclaiming the Gospel

  Jul 17, 2014

  The Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed are summary statements of what Christians believe. Although the wording in these two creeds is somewhat different — the Nicene Creed is longer — they both express the same essential beliefs of the faith.

  
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  Disciples with many faces

  Jul 17, 2014

  In a new book entitled, Jesus of Nazareth, famed German scripture- scholar, Gerhard Lohfink, describes how people in the gospels relate to Jesus in different ways.