Called to Action – August 2014
Featured Profile
Dan Olivieri is a lay Catholic chaplain at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, CA.
Few surmise or suspect the turmoil and glory of the Paschal Mystery carried in the heart of the layman who goes from room to room in the hospital to listen, to pray, to be present.
Living in Faith
Detail from Three Nuns in the Portal of a Church - Armand Gautier
Those of us who were taught by nuns often wonder what happened to them and who the women are today who are taking their place and responding to this radical call to action for the Kingdom of Heaven.
Creating
Hildegard of Bingen ( 1098 - 1179) is a beautiful example of a person of faith who delighted in discovering God in science, art, and music.
Growing
John Neafsey, in A Sacred Voice is Calling, suggests that our understandings of vocation are changing today based on newly emerging understandings of human development, the Church itself, and our scriptural calling to live out the Good News.
Spirituality in Daily Living
Unequal justice is a problem we are used to seeing as characteristic of past ages or Third World countries. Matt Taibi makes a compelling case that it is also a problem in the United States today.
Liturgy
In a recent talk on Vatican Radio, Pope Francis encouraged his listeners (and all of the rest of us) to focus on the liturgy as something more than a gathering, something more than worship.
