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Good article on today’s nuns
Friday, April 11th, 2008Today’s nuns answer calls to serve differently
Modern sisters reach out to the world around them in ways unlike their stereotype
Nancy Lofholm
The Denver Post
March 23, 2008
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.
Sister Karen Bland is a thoroughly modern Catholic nun. Her gold Chevrolet Malibu is proof.
The well-used tennis shoes she wears in her early-morning, after-Mass visits to a health club […]
A Persistent Peace
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008This is a powerful video … click play and check it out.
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I’m proud to say that Loyola Press, my place of ministry, is publishing A Persistent Peace, the newest book by John Dear, SJ. Father Dear is am amazing guy and has done so much to reach out to people, to work for nonviolence and peace, and […]
Black Snake Moan
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Have you seen this movie? I watched it on DVD this weekend and was blown away. Black Snake Moan is one of the most powerful stories of redemption that I have seen. Here’s the synopsis:
After finding sex-addicted 22-year-old Rae (Christina Ricci) beaten and near death, blues musician Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) acts as a father figure […]
A Maelstrom of Activities
Friday, February 29th, 2008I’ve been reading The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila (Vol. 1, translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD) (Amazon).
I happened to read the Introduction of the book the other day — something I don’t usually do with books. I like to get right to it. I want to read Teresa, not someone writing about […]
Welcome, 2008!
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008My first act of 2008 was to drink coffee and watch a movie. No, I didn’t stay up past midnight. I went to bed at 8:30 p.m. and woke up around 7:30 (a nice, deep sleep) and decided to start the new year off by doing something unusual. I popped in a DVD and watched […]
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