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Art spurs debate over Catholic identity, open inquiry
… a sculpture by Peter Rockwell, son of famous American artist Norman Rockwell. It is titled "Tree of Life" and described by Kennedy as a "whimsical fountain that plays upon imagery from the …
Forming African leaders
… of Christian life in Kenya. They are assured of the wisdom of yet another African proverb: "A tree is strong because of its roots." Their roots were nurtured at Tangaza in alliance with DePaul. They, much like Kenya's mugumo tree, have deep roots and wide-spreading branches enabling them, as this wild fig tree does, to withstand drought in its many forms as they proclaim the mystery of faith in east …
Peace activist Peter DeMott dead after fall
… … Ithaca, N.Y., peace activist Peter DeMott, 62, died Feb. 19 after a fall while working in a tree. His wife, Ellen Grady, was able to see her husband before he went into surgery at a …
Faithful Fools chip away at the boundaries
… ‘I believe in the strength of human generosity.’ I sat in front of City Hall in the grove of trees holding my message.” Sharon Abercrombie is a staff writer for The Catholic Voice, the …
Maciel's hometown still sees a hero
… sister, Teresa, who also worked on occasion in the Maciel home, added, "I always say, 'A tree will be known for its fruits.'" Those fruits in Cotija involved acts of service in the early …
Against Forgetting: Children Stolen by The Erl King
… which does not exist... when in fact, a voracious monster is reaching through dark boughs of trees to steal and carve the child's mind to its own crooked liking. When Erl King speaks, only …
Lutherans trace Jesus' steps and find violence
… They visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, schools and churches, and planted olive trees on Palestinian land in the shadow of Israel's controversial separation barrier. Johnson …
Cutting out the tongues of the holy people
… not be seen. Old man could hear her, clear as though she were inside himself. But, search the trees and leaves as he might, she was not to be found there. Yet, for the rest of his long life, …
'The close and holy darkness'
… shawling out of the ground and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands and bodies of the trees; snow grew overnight on the roofs of the houses like a pure and grandfather moss, …
Our Lady: Untie the strong woman
… Nuestra Señora, Guadalupe, she whose green mantle is fashioned of moss from the north side of trees ... … and star shards caught in her wild silver hair ... and her gown is soft, coarse woven …
Creation care: A return of love for love
… we must accept our own woundedness and then acknowledge our wounding of others, including the trees, the forests and rivers and all creatures of creation. The love that brings peace is …
Advent: Time to be on the look out
… Get ready for peace!" The text carries us beyond the banality of the season --- the tinsel, trees, candy canes and Santa Claus. We're free from all that. Advent says: "This is your chance …
Women versus oil
… Mwabachizi, recently spoke about her kidnapping by men in a forest. She had been tied to a tree for days and repeatedly gang-raped. The New York Times ran a story this week that quoted her …
Full text of Cardinal Stafford's Nov. 13 remarks
… this exhausting year. With him as our guide, we find a bleeding man on a hill sitting under a tree “in huge sorrow”. It is Christ, the Bridegroom of the Church and of mankind. Thirdly, we … as a measure of what we need to recapture for the whole Church in 2008: Upon this hil Y fond a tree, Undir the tree a man sittynge, From heed to foot woundid was he, His herte blood Y sigh bledinge: A semeli …