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Sunday, October 26th, 2008Friday night I was spending some time with a young friend of mine who is preparing to become a Catholic primary school teacher. One part of her training is preparation to teach religion. The Irish Bishops have mandated the use of a curriculum called Alive-oh! and she recently was given the assignment [...]
Radical
Sunday, October 26th, 2008As many of you know, my dissertation is on the conversion of the baptized. As I daily immerse myself in the writing of John Paul II, I often think to myself, ‘If I ever get a chance to defend this, the panel is going to say, ‘Well, duh!” Obviously, conversion works this way. [...]
When America Sneezes…
Friday, October 24th, 2008…the rest of the world catches cold. And when America catches cold, the rest of the world catches pneumonia. The Irish economy has been having siezures. The Irish government has initiated some drastic changes: students are protesting having to pay for college; the elderly are protesting having to pay for medical care. [...]
A Week in the Life
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Shortage of posts lately–I seem to have lost my muse for blogposting, even while I am (sorta) finding it for dissertation writing. Yes, folks, she started writing. She even turned some stuff in to her supervisor, and he liked what he saw.
Meanwhile, the wheels of ministry keep turning. So if you are [...]
Thought Provoking
Monday, October 20th, 2008I spent some time today corresponding with an old friend who thinks of himself as a devout Catholic, who believes that all life is sacred and begins at conception–but who also believes that when it comes to abortion, it’s a woman’s right to choose. I wonder what he would think about the woman in [...]
I Love America
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