Maureen Dowd and (the soon to be) Blessed JPII
Maureen Dowd’s New York Times Easter weekend column, “Hold the Halo,” is both good and bad. This is generally how I feel about many of Dowd’s columns. She often raises some important points, makes some...
View ArticleFr. Jim Martin, SJ on (Blessed) John Paul II
“I am a liberal Catholic. I am also an admirer of Blessed John Paul II,” begins the recent blog entry by Fr. James Martin, SJ, on the America magazine “In All Things” blog. The full title of the post...
View ArticleFormer Minister General and the Canonization of Junipero Serra
Fr. John Vaughn, OFM, the former Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) was recently profiled in the Orange County Register for his current role as postulator (the one who...
View ArticleOn Being Holy (or not): Becoming A Saint
Here’s a little reflection from one of my greatest sources of inspiration: Thomas Merton. In his renown book, New Seeds of Contemplation, Merton writes the following, which I think is a fine point of...
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