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St. Anselm Abbey elects first non-ordained abbot
EDITOR — St. Anselm Abbey welcomes their first non-ordained abbot.
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Peter Knauer SJ (1935โ2024)
LIBORIUS LUMMA — A few words in memory of a deceased German Jesuit.
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Ars Praedicandi: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
ED FOLEY — For the next 5 weeks we are diverted into the 6thย chapter of John notable for, among other things, its 18 references to bread. But, it starts with a typical Jesus miracle in the face of an unending dilemma: there never seems to be enough bread.
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Summertime
TIMOTHY BRUNK — For many Roman Catholics in the United States, summer brings ecclesial decisions about reassigning clergy.
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The Synod’s Instrumentum laboris seeks to avoid “hot button” issues
EDITOR — “Whatever results emerge from the synodal process, it at least opens a path for a ‘communion of charity’ in a culture that is characterized by easy hostility and intense polarization.”
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Podcasts: ACU’s Speaking of Liturgy
EDITOR — In her podcast, “How do we farewell the dead in the 21st century?” Samantha Wegner explores the uniqueness of the Christian funeralย and the lesser-known Funeral Vigil.
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Participation, Creation, and the National Eucharistic Congress
JOHN KYLER โ As thousands of Catholics from around the United States prepare for the National Eucharistic Congress this week, I wonder how the experience will translate into the lived experience of worshiping communities โback home.โ
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TeamRCIA Becomes Team Initiation
EDITOR โ TeamRCIA, founded by Nick Wagner and Diana Macalintal, will be renamed Team Initiation.
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St. Benedict’s Day
KATHARINE E. HARMON — Co-patron of Europe, patron of students, and โfather of monasticism,โ Holy Father Benedict bears a great load of prayer for the work of many of us who seek every day to live the Christ life.
