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New York's fracking debate and the peaceful quiet of renewables
… no throat. Nevertheless its steps can be heard And its clothing makes a hushed sound, like a tree. I loved the quiet of that berthing that night, long ago. I look forward to the quiet of the …
Iona College program to further Thomas Berry's 'Great Work'
… much of her life, Noisette has walked in the beauty of the Dominican Republic, with its palm trees, sparkling sea and tall mountains. When Noisette was 16, she saw Al Gore's movie "An …
Franz Jägerstätter's widow, 'a warm, gentle soul,' dies at 100
… He had gone there to look for the homestead and came upon an elderly woman eating plums from a tree outside a residence. When he asked if she knew where the Jägerstätters lived, she responded, …
Who Ordained This Guy?
… pretty obvious. This is the kind of new, young priest who worries me greatly, a forest for the trees young man. How can anyone who thinks this way get ordained? Can you imagine what he had …
Quebec: What Happened?
… the last leg out from under an institution that was hollow at the core and it fell as a hollow tree falls in the wind. John Paul II and Ronald Reagan get credit for kicking that last leg out, …
Pope Francis: Culture Warrior or Among the Poor?
… We know not whence it came nor wither it goes, and only see it rustle the leaves of the trees. Let’s hope it rustles us too. …
Leonardo Boff: major Pope Francis supporter
… that creates the first communities of brothers and sisters who recite the breviary under the trees with the birds. It's an ecological Church that calls all beings those sweet words "brothers …
Film tells story of loss and hope in Israel, Palestine
… experienced. In one of the film's final scenes, the two sit together beneath the shade of a tree in Sheikh Jarrah. Mohammed, already fluent in English, tries to decode the Hebrew …
Retired police officer volunteers both in Haiti and at home
… today or tomorrow, as they hadn't eaten yesterday. A mother says, "You guys put toys under my tree so my children will have a good Christmas and you provided a gift card to a supermarket so … a dinner. Thank you so, so much." Or when one of my elves goes to a house with a Christmas tree and gifts and her 10- year-old daughter asks if next year they can deliver a tree and gifts to someone again who doesn't have them. Or when I pick up the phone and call my …
+DiNoia's Homily Yesterday
… catastrophes. Our Lord underscores precisely this point by means of the parable of the fig tree. Though the fig tree has been barren for three years, the owner of the orchard agrees to give it a reprieve: one … of Acolytes. It is to be found in the humble figure of the gardener in the parable of the fig tree. For it is at his suggestion—we might well say his intercession—that the owner of the …