In Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the US Bishops state: In the Catholic Tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation. This obligation is rooted in our baptismal commitment to follow Jesus Christ and to bear Christian witness in all we do. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us, “It is necessary that Read more
The United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez have been in the news a lot in the last week. President Obama has officially proclaimed Saturday March 31st, 2012 “CESAR CHAVEZ DAY.” One of our Nation’s great civil rights leaders, Cesar Estrada Chavez came of age as a migrant farm worker, witnessing the injustice that pervaded fields and Read more
Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9,17-18,19-20,23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1 – 15:47 Following each Palm Sunday, I find my thoughts and prayer lingering on one moment in the narrative of the Passion. Some years I am at the tomb with the stone newly rolled, obstructing the entrance. Other years, I am fixed before the cross or in the agonizing moments of Gethsemane. This year, Read more
A recent piece at National Review Online by Dorinda Borlee, Nicholas Nikas and Mark Rienzi brings into the light a very alarming new wrinkle associated with the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Apparently, abortion providers may receive funding from federally mandated insurance premiums paid by private citizens so long as it is funneled through separate Read more
Pope Benedict XVI, upon his arrival in Mexico [English links from Vatican transcript] on Friday,said that his goal in this apostolic visit was to encourage Mexican Catholics to “revitalize their faith” so that they may “act as a leaven in society, contributing to a respectful and peaceful coexistence based on the incomparable dignity of every human being, created by God, which no one Read more
Ever since I read Paolo Coehlo’s The Pilgrimage, I have been fascinated by the Camino de Santiago de Compostella (The Way of St James) pilgrimage in Spain. This allure of a 500 mile walk through the Pyrenees and Spain has only grown since I watched The Way, with Martin Sheen and directed by Emilio Estevez (I highly recommend it). As I searched Read more
I committed to this post a while ago, and I thought I would likely write a bit about the joy of sharing a project such as this with a community of friends and fellow-scholars, or perhaps about some of the founding hopes and fears of this blog, or maybe I could be brave enough to write about the vulnerability of embarking on Read more
When my friends from New Wineskins first started talking about a Catholic Moral Theology blog a few summers ago, I tried to talk them out of it. I remember a Sunday morning conversation at the end of a stimulating weekend. We were in the cafeteria of Moreau Seminary at the University of Notre Dame, with just hours left in the weekend until Read more
I own a lot of books. This is the common student impression when they walk into my office. I’m pretty convinced that books matter for the theological tradition. And here I am, writing a blog post, wondering if I am furthering the demise of the world of the text. After all, I know for sure that my faith (and not just my Read more
Jeremiah 3131-34 Psalm 51 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33 It is a constant struggle to write about Scripture and morality without coming across as “preachy” or moralistic; and yet at the same time there is a beautiful way to witness to the truth of Revelation through both the mundane and profound choices that one makes day in and day out in the Christian Read more
Saturday Morning: 8:00 am
Saturday Vigil: 4:30 pm
Sunday: 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 10:45 am,
12:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Saturday Vigil: 6:15pm
Sunday: 9:00am, 7:15pm
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 8:30 am
