This column started with the meaning of “spirituality,” followed by the four basic “models” or ways of understanding it. It then presented two models, namely, the communitarian model (as when we speak of Franciscan, Vincentian
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The Vatican announced recently that Bl. Archbishop Oscar Romero will be canonized during the Synod of Bishops in October this year. Soon after he was beatified on 23 May 2015, this is what I wrote
KEVIN Over the past year, Crystal and I have had the opportunity to observe our daughter providing homeschool education for our six-year old grandson. It has been delightful to not only witness Joey’s amazing educational
Tips on Leadership and Spiritual Growth (480-547 CE) “The Abbot should use prudence and avoid extremes... He should prune faults with prudence and love as he sees best for each individual. Let him strive to
In this honest and moving account of his life as a college teacher, the author looks at what teaching has meant to him, what it has taught him, and the main things he and his
Every life has easy and tough moments—times of ease and trying times of loneliness, discouragement and even despair. How do young religious and novices find fresh energy and enthusiasm again when the going gets tough?
30th July: International Friendship Day This day is dedicated to celebrating Friendship—one of the sweetest bonds, formed by a mutual relationship of trust, affection, cooperation, and support between two or more persons. We all need
Fr. Rajesh, a religious priest, applied to the Holy See for an indult (permission) to leave the institute and be incardinated into a diocese. His superior general, after having discussed with the diocesan Bishop, allowed
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Rachel Carson was an American biologist who wrote two popular books on sea life. But her third book, Silent Spring, created an epoch—the epoch of environmentalism that has become the
Here is an unusual vocation story. God guided Sunitha in unexpected ways, through people she did not know, into a vocation she knew nothing about. I am Sunitha (Sr. Jismary). I come from a Hindu