We’re all familiar with the title phrase from Ecclesiastes 3. It’s part of a frequently used first reading at Masses of Christian Burial and is quoted in eulogies. If one listens to golden oldies, it […]
I admit that I was in a daze when COVID-19 began its first known rapid spread throughout the USA in March. I had just unexpectedly put to rest my close friend Father Marcin Zahuta. At […]
Every summer except this one, my religious community has gathered sisters from around the country and held workshops at our motherhouse. These include theological updating, reports on outreach, ministerial ventures, and reflection on what we call […]
Tis the season. Amid the fray that we call American political life and during the ongoing sadness of manifestations of racial injustice and the ravages of COVID-19, it seems that we need a little Christmas. That […]
Three priests and 11 deacons: that’s how many clergymen were at a recent funeral. With all the coronavirus restrictions, the congregation was, apart from the many watching the livestreamed Mass, relatively small. So the number […]
NEW YORK—The key to any good film biography of a scientist is found in the montages that show the discovery or invention that gained the subject fame. On that score, “Radioactive” (Amazon), the story of […]
On July 11, 2020, dignitaries, parishioners, new seminarians, a number of diocesan employees, and eight religious sisters occupied pews at the Basilica of St. Peter in Columbia. The occasion, as noted in the July 16 Catholic […]
With a commendable sensitivity to both the inanities and the unrelenting raw horror of combat — and careful attention to the emotional lives and steadfast valor of soldiers — “The Outpost” (Screen Media) seems likely […]
Some years ago my brother Steve was sent on overseas jaunts to create text for promotional brochures for his then-employer, a travel agency. Several of them allowed for side trips into less inhabited areas, along with […]
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