Day: December 12, 2008

New congregation reaches at risk youth

A new congregation in the Diocese of Arizona is focusing on reaching out to young people who are headed to prison, in significant danger of doing so, or who have just been released. The Congregation of St. Jude’s is attempting to create a community of support gathered around Christ’s altar that will give these young people the power they need to turn their lives around.

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Cardinal Avery Dulles died today

Avery Dulles died today at Fordham University. He was 90 years old. Cardinal Dulles was an adult convert to Roman Catholicism and known as virtual ambassador between factions within Roman Catholicism.

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Canterbury Cathedral crumbling

Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Anglican Communion has a suffered so much neglect over the years that without significant repairs, it’s in danger of being forced to close large sections of the Cathedral for safety reasons.

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More on the proposed province

During the week more information has emerged about the plans of the proposed new Anglican Province for North America being urged by those who disagree with the direction of the existing Anglican provinces on that continent. The Archbishop of Canterbury has told the leadership of GAFCON that he will neither support or block its formation. Also there are now some independent numbers about the size of the potential province.

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The cynical use of ‘Freedom of Religion’

“As late as the 19th century, the Catholic Church rejected the right to religious freedom. In the course of World War II, the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church came to be one of religious freedom’s greatest allies. But the clock seems to be ticking backwards.”

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Get ready

I’d like us to imagine this song in the way medieval mystics interpreted the Song of Songs, as if God were one of the lovers and humanity the other. If anyone is offended, let me just say that I’ve toned the sermon down. The first version I wrote appealed to Marvin Gaye. The song I have in mind doesn’t have too much in common with Isaiah except perhaps the sense that Someone is coming, ready or not.

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Almost

One of the classical themes of Advent is patience, the virtue ascribed to Mary and urged by the prophets upon Israel. But patience comes to me as easily as vegetarianism to a lion. From the looks of our lives, I seem to have abundant company. We are all busy, laboring diligently, noisily, impatiently to usher in a new and presumably improved life on earth.

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