God is not some invisible presence watching us from the sky; God is as close to us as the DNA in our bodies.
Genes, chromosomes – and God
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Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom
Commentary
Benefactor’s dreams realized at Good Samaritan Hospital
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Filed Under: Commentary, Local News, Our Back Pages
Good Samaritan Hospital came into existence thanks to the generosity of Thomas J. O’Neill, a merchant who famously asked Carmelite nuns to pray that his store be spared during the Great Baltimore fire of February 1904.
Judas and his fate/ Divorce and friendship
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about suicide and divorce and friendship.
Learning from our stumbles
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Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary
It’s time now for those of us in the church to funnel our anger and frustration into helping the victims and the church to heal. The church may have stumbled and fallen along the way when it comes to protecting children and vulnerable adults. God willing, we have learned from our falls and our failures.
Teach your parents
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Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary, Commentary, Local News, Schools
Paul McMullen finds boundless inspiration from young people.
One thing leading to another
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Bigmindedness looks at the connection between present concerns and future consequences, reminding us that one thing leads to another and to take seriously what that other might be.
What I heard this summer
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Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary
I will report back to you what I’ve heard and how these heartfelt comments, no matter how hard they are to hear at times, will help to shape necessary reforms in our local Church and how they will inform my own contributions to the urgent conversations that are happening at higher levels of our Church.
Oktoberfest carries new meaning
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary
A visit with his aunt leads Catholic Review visual journalist Kevin J. Parks to discover more about his German heritage.
Hoops for Haiti
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Missions
Students from Loyola Blakefield in Towson recently participated in a mission trip to Haiti, where 80 percent of the population lives below the poverty level.
The way forward in an age of attention deficit
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary
Each new media technology has given the church new channels for sharing the joy of the Gospel, but the story has not always gotten through.
Praying with children
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Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue
The faith of the world’s young people is precisely what the present crisis is destroying. It will not be enough, though it is certainly necessary, for the church to root out the evil in her midst and bring about some semblance of justice.
Tintoretto and the Reform of the Church
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Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire
Tintoretto sheds considerable light on this issue of Apostolic weakness and strength in the very manner in which he has arranged the figures in his composition
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