While there are lots of factors that go into successful education, the recent study from the Center for Public Education notes the importance of parents. Not surprisingly, parental involvement helps students do better in...
Read MoreIs 40:1-5, 9-11 Ps 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14 2 Pt 3:8-14 Mk 1:1-8 As Tom mentioned last week in his reflection, Advent is a time of patience and hope as we await the somewhat unexpected Messiah. The readings for the second Sunday in...
Read MoreThere has been much discussion in the Catholic blog-sphere concerning the recent “Note on Financial Reform from the Pontifical Council on Justice and Peace.” (It will not surprise any of my readers that I strongly...
Read MoreAs a theological ethicist who also used to work in law enforcement, I feel obligated to comment on the latest incident involving police using pepper spray on Occupy Wall Street protesters. Garance Franke-Ruta over at The...
Read MoreChristopher Tollefsen has a new post at the Public Discourse on Moral Absolutes and the Moral Life. It is well worth reading–especially given that so little good thinking is done on this very important topic. Tollefsen...
Read MoreThe New York Times reported last week on the growth of the “near poor”–those whose incomes are fifty percent or less above the poverty line. This group is not poor, but they are close enough that an unexpected...
Read MoreIsaiah 63: 16-17; 64: 2-7 Psalm 80 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9 Mark 13: 33-37 There is a decidedly apocalyptic tone to the readings for today – that is, the expectation that some kind of radical intervention by God is coming, and...
Read MoreNovember 20, 2011 ~ Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23: 1-2, 2-3, 5-6; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Mt 25:31-46 Established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI, the Feast of Christ the King was a response to the...
Read MoreMinnesotans are set to vote on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman in November 2012. On October 4, Archbishop of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Rev. John Nienstedt sent a letter to the...
Read MoreI have to admit that I’ve never quite understood the whole Black Friday craze. Waiting for hours in the cold to buy a discounted DVD player has never seemed much of an appeal to me, and I always find myself deeply...
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