Acts of Hope

Andy, in the comments to the previous post, recommended this wonderful pdf-format slide show . It's actually a book available in exhibi...

Today was the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of Monseñor Romero , Archbishop of San Salvador. I will post more when my teaching week is o...

"What is the whole of our existence," said Father Damien, practicing his sermon from the new pulpit, "but the sound of an app...

Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for Him at all, Christ has come uninvited. But because He cannot ...

The Tablet , whose articles you can't read online unless you subscribe, is probably the best Catholic periodical on the planet, or one o...

I will put more details up tomorrow, since it is late and I am prepping for class. Yes, I have to teach on Labor Day, at 8:30 a.m. Meanwhile...

Really! I get all kinds of ecumenical and interreligious news in the (e-)mail every day and this was one of the more interesting articles to...

Yesterday evening I began my Good Friday reading, Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy Stang , by Roseanne Murphy. Somehow I did...

Two interesting stories on French culture and society. Warning: they are in French. I will be happy to provide a short summary in the late ...

Could someone please slow down on the sickness and dying? I remembered three recently departed creatures of Godde at mass this morning: Gren...

Mother of Acts of Hope (age 90 - her birthday was the weekend I moved after the Great Tree Disaster) highly recommends this op-ed by Bob H...

That's the title of an article by Brother of Acts of Hope in the Turkish Daily News . Here it is. Very interesting! Alert: As usual, th...