. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Organizations such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), whose motto for the month is “One conversation can change a life,” are reminding us how important it is...
Read MoreLectionary #90, Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time June is a time of year when, despite the sun and the warmth, and the generally relaxed pace of a college professor’s summertime life, I am haunted by grief. My mother died towards...
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Job 38:1, 8-11 Ps 107:23-31 (selections) 2 Cor 5:14-17 Mk 4:35-41 This week, with all the...
Read MoreThis week, Congress considers legislation that would eliminate the National Housing Trust Fund and significantly reduce housing grants to state and local governments over the next 2 years. The USCCB has sent out an Action Alert...
Read MoreIt is the time of year when most of us are far too busy with end-of-semester grading to think much about blogging. And, often, it’s not easy or appropriate for us to share our students’ work with the broader public....
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