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I’ve been thinking on and off about last Sunday’s Gospel reading, where a lot of Jesus’ followers left him after hearing some teachings they found difficult. When Jesus asked his closest friends if they would be leaving too, Peter said there was nowhere for them to go, that Jesus had the words of everlasting life. . . . → Read More: Where else could we go? Very surprising news…I wonder what is really going on… Can’t imagine that quitting like this would bode well for a future in elected office…I bet she ends up on talk radio or Fox News… Alaska’s Palin is leaving office this month – Kansas City Star Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska rattled the political world Friday . . . → Read More: Palin out! [vodpod id=Groupvideo.2867432&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] How about another “nunly” topic? The traveling exhibit on Catholic Sisters in America is on display in Cincy until the end of August. Here an excerpt from a brochure on the exhibit’s web site: WOMEN & SPIRIT: Catholic Sisters in America reveals the mystery behind a small group of independent American women who . . . → Read More: Road trip to Cincinnati? My prayer tonight as I reflect on the speech Pres. Obama gave at Notre Dame on Sunday is that this nation will experience a moment (make that MANY moments) of clarity and recognize that we have so much more in common than not. And that on issues that are particularly troublesome and divisive, we . . . → Read More: A speech to remember Last night I attended the wake of the father of one of my CLC (Christian Life Community) friends, and on the way home, I got to thinking about my grandfather, who passed away back in 1992, but who is still very present to me in many ways, especially in a year like this when I’ll . . . → Read More: Remembering Grampy Here’s an excerpt from John Allen’s April 9 NCR article…why must we Catholics (in the U.S. at least) be so polarized? Can we not engage each other at deeper levels in calm, level-headed conversations, rather than by spewing vitriol, tearing each other down? To boot, I dare say that there are far more critical issues . . . → Read More: A plea for true dialogue… Another perfectly silly blog entry…this video made me laugh out loud, though it certainly doesn’t make a compelling argument for non-Twitterers to start using Twitter. Should I be questioning my sanity? While you are at it, be sure and check out the brief column in last week’s “Wired Campus” feature of the Chronicle of Higher . . . → Read More: Twouble with Twitters I just added www.detroitblog.org to my blogroll. The entries are not particularly frequent, but they are extremely well written and offer a glimpse into the lives of real Detroiters who “keep on keeping on” in the face of tough times. Sure, it might be more fun to follow the antics of a lying, flamboyant former . . . → Read More: Real life in "the D" So, as I squeeze a bit of school work between the wash and dry cycles of my laundry, I thought I’d take a short break to share with you Rome’s bit of wisdom commemorating International Women’s Day… Vatican: Washing Machine Liberated Women – World news | Newser The Vatican’s newspaper appears to have come out . . . → Read More: Free at last! Thanks to the washing mashine! Here a couple of excerpts from articles in the National Catholic Reporter that appeared soon after the announcement that the Vatican was undertaking an “Apostolic Visitation” of women’s religious orders in the U.S. The first is from Sr. Joan Chittister’s regular column. I found her take on the shift within many U.S. women’s communities to . . . → Read More: Contemporary women religious – interesting perspectives |
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