Faith / Religion
My Letter to the Editor on Abortion at Penn State
At Penn State this past week a national group called the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform visited campus. As a part of their “Genocide Awareness Project,” CBR staged a very large demonstration in front of the campus library with graphic images of aborted fetuses alongside images of dead children in Darfur.
The Daily Collegian’s staff editorial responded [...]
Charles Blow On Faith & Modern America
Charles Blow, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, recently published a rather provocative piece looking at a recent study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life called “Faith in Flux.” Mr. Blow first dispels a notion put forth by his “nonreligious friends” that “most people are religious because they’re raised to be. [...]
Fr. Dubay On ‘Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer’
A friend of mine from years ago recently gave me a great little book called Deep Conversion/Deep Prayer. Written by Thomas Dubay, a retreat master and spiritual director for religious communities around the country, he is highly regarded in the American religious community.
Father Dubay’s book was in part a response “to the call by both [...]
The Big Bang Theory: ‘A Day Without Yesterday’
I was recently forwarded an article by a friend of mine at Bucknell University who asked if I knew that the “Big Bang” theory was developed by a Jesuit priest. As ashamed as I was to admit it, I didn’t.
Upon reading through the article, originally published in Commonweal Magazine and syndicated on Catholic Education.org, I [...]
