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Human Dignity – a primary doctrine of the Catholic Church
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) — Calling the dignity of the human person “a primary doctrine” of the Catholic Church, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York told an audience at the University of Notre Dame Dec. 6 that it must prompt Catholics “to treat ourselves and others only with respect, love, honor and care.” That doctrine also means people must not be identified “with our urges, our flaws, our status, our possessions, our utility,” but each seen as “a child of God, his creation, modeled in his own image, destined for eternity,” he said…. Continue reading
Fr. Harry Monaco, OFM
This morning all the Friars of our Province received this very sad news: “Fr. Harry Monaco, OFM, 48 years of age, a professed Franciscan friar for 6 years and a priest for 2 years, died last night in his sleep, at Holy Name College in Silver Spring, MD, after a long struggle with cancer.” Harry was a wonderful person and we are saddened in our loss.
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so ; Continue reading
A cautionary tale about iCloud storage
A cautionary tale about why to back up iTunes content locally — Apple News, Tips and Reviews. At the core of the issue is cloud ownership which is inherently fraught with questions.
For What Do We Hunger?
As Americans celebrated Thanksgiving this past week, our Franciscan brother, Michael Duffy, OFM, a team member at St. Francis Inn in Philadelphia for nearly 25 years, offers thoughts on the meaning of these holidays and on the needs of many who frequent our nation’s feeding centers and soup kitchens. Fr. Michael has headed our friar province’s soup kitchen in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia for more than 25 years.
Thanksgiving is a special time at soup kitchens. It’s all about donations, remembering the poor, food, giving, and bringing to mind all of God’s blessings with grateful hearts. All of that comes easily at a soup kitchen. Continue reading
For His Friends: A Catholic Bishop on Health Care Regulations and Religious Liberty
Bishop Robert N. Lynch, Diocese of St Petersburg, FL
Nov 30, 2011 – Homily at the annual Red Mass
The Second Edge
Bishop Robert Lynch of the Catholic Diocese of St Petersburg recently published his own musings on the recently completed US Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting
One person, One vote?
Michael Spence, a Nobel Prize-winning economist opined that here in the United States we have seen “an evolution from one propertied man, one vote; to one man, one vote; to one person, one vote; trending to one dollar, one vote.”
While not categorically true, the statement has a resonance for me when I consider the system of PACs, SuperPACs and the byzantine structure of political campaign donations. Makes you wonder…
The Humility of God
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” (Matthew 23:11)
In 1222 St. Anthony of Padua was asked to move from his rural hermitage to Bologna, to teach theology and canon law to young Franciscans studying for the priesthood and lay university students. Anthony was well aware of the emphasis St. Francis placed on humility. Francis knew that intellectual pride or an overzealous pursuit of higher learning could become a threat to humility, causing some friars to drift from the simple gospel life of love and poverty they had vowed to live. Continue reading
Beliefs
“Your beliefs will be the light by which you see, but they will not be what you see, and they will not be a substitute for seeing.”
Flannery O’Conner
