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If you’ve never visited before, take a look at Textweek – an ecumenical site designed to help preachers and others research the lectionary Scripture readings – there are links each week, not only to exegetical articles and pastoral resources, but also art related to each week’s readings. I use it all the time!

Here’s an interesting article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about a priest selected to head the Philippines’  Commission on Higher Education, He didn’t last very long. Why? Because he attempted to go after the growing number of schools that are essentially functioning as diploma mills. Though he had once served as his university’s rector,…

What all the cool kids are doing. No, I’m nowhere near the point of trying to do something myself. It would be just one more distraction from the fiction, which I am really committed to. But just some reminders: 1) There’s a link over there on the left to a continuining, fairly comprehensive list of…

In the new First Things, Archbishop Chaput of Denver makes his case against certain legislative efforts to expand the statutes of limitations for civil liability in his state – and elsewhere In judging it, however, we need to consider the bill’s basic fairness. Any revision to civil statutes of limitations must be comprehensive, fair, and…

Thoughts from Fr. Neuhaus Next to the Wall Street Journal’s virtual advocacy of dismantling the border altogether, the Catholic bishops are probably the most influential pro-immigration lobby in the country. This is not unrelated to the fact that the overwhelming majority of immigrants from Latin America are Catholic. The alliance of corporate America and the…

From Catholic News Agency: The Catholic primate, Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh, said he intended to seek further details about the event, which drew about 1,000 people. "True ecumenism is best served by initiatives that are respectful of, and sensitive to, the traditions, ethos and discipline of all those involved," he reportedly said. "Otherwise there…

It’s going to be a busy weekend at Notre Dame. Interesting, as well. In addition to the Pro-Life Conference on Saturday, the Eucharistic Procession on Sunday, tomorrow – Friday, Bishop D’Arcy, who expressed "strong disappointment" with President Jenkins’ letter, will be speaking, sponsored by the law school’s St. Thomas More Society, on "The Bishop as…

In the ND student newspaper, from Rev. John J. Coughlin, O.F.M. a professor of law Second, please permit me to offer a few observations as a member of the faculty. In his Closing Statement, the president stresses his desire to ensure "the academic freedom to explore the full range of ideas and expressions produced by…

I’m coming….

All eyes in Boston on the Archdiocese’s financial report: Here’s the Boston Globe today: O’Malley repeatedly made clear that change is necessary, saying, ”Our revenue is inadequate to fund our ministries." He has set up a number of committees to review archdiocesan operations, and many cuts in personnel and programs are expected. O’Malley, cloaked in…
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