Monday, May 30, 2011

What if We did Theological Reflection on Using Technology in Worship?

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Father Paul Turner, whose address to the 9th liturgical congress at Sant’ Anselmo in Rome I mentioned in my last post, asks some provocativ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Confirmation: The Sacrament in Search of Pastoral Practice

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Today, in my mostly Hispanic parish in inner-city Joliet, we will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with 80 or so young people.  As on...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Rapture, Revisited

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Wow - all the scuttlebutt on the blogs, Facebook and Twitter about 89-year-old Rev. Harold Camping's claim, based on some arcane numerol...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

What Does the Silence Have to Teach Us?

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Today I was privileged to participate in a Mass in our Pastoral Center chapel to welcome our new Bishop-elect, Most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon, w...
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Thursday, May 12, 2011

End-of-the-Year Reflections on Confirmation Catechesis with Hispanic Kids

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It was with mixed feelings of regret and relief that I finished up my final class yesterday with 21 confirmandi from my parish . They have b...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

How DO We Reach People with the News that Faith has Something to do With Life?

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Something I have been struggling with for the past couple of years is a sense that the Church is not doing a very good job of reaching many ...
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Monday, May 2, 2011

The Arrogance of Interpreting God's Will According to Our Own Desires

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This morning the news media and internet are buzzing with reactions to Osama Bin Laden's death in Pakistan. Images of waving American fl...
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