Rising in Christ focuses on the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults – RCIA. Discover the ancient way in which people entered the faith and its renewal today. Find out why baptized persons don’t need to go through the RCIA to enter the church. Take a look at people coming to new life in Christ. Enjoy the spirituality, poetry, and images of the RCIA and find valuable information and resources for teaching others.
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In Mercy: God’s Many Faceted Gift, we look at examples of mercy and forgiveness: in the lives of real people, in the historical context of development of today’s understanding of mercy, and through reflection on what mercy tells us about God and our everyday relationships and lives.
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Family is ideally the cradle of divine love into which we are born as humans. The challenges of living in faith as family, as domestic church, and practical ways in which we live and grow together in love are addressed in this issue of Theologika Digest. Following closely on the closing of the 2015 Synod on the Family and just before the start of the Holy Year of Mercy, we report on the statements and recommendations produced by the Synod and look forward with hope to the Holy Year. The role of the family in safeguarding the environment is also featured, with practical suggestions and activities.
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Social Justice: Creating a Just Society draws from historical as well as contemporary sources of reflection on the question of Social Justice. Catholic Social Teaching includes care for the environment, care for the poor, reform of structural barriers to equal opportunity, and insistence on the central position of human beings and protection of human dignity in all considerations of justice.
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Theologika Digest’s June 2015 issue takes the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its theme. Features include art by Joseph Fanelli and David Clayton, meditations by Sr. Laurel O’Neal, Er. Dio. and Dr. Susan Mahan, historical background of the development of the devotion, summaries of Pope Francis’ 2015 homily for the Feast of the Sacred Heart (in English and Spanish), introduction to Laudato Si’, and much more.
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This issue of Theologika Digest takes as its theme Mary’s song of praise, the Magnificat. We respond to God’s gift of care for the lowly through practical outreach in service, music, art, liturgy, and celebrations. Articles include reflections on the place of Mary in salvation history and in our lives, an introduction to the work of Connie Fortunato and Music Camp International, information about the Mozarabic rite liturgy celebrated recently at the Vatican, a link to Jesse Manibusan’s newest work, and much, much more.
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The long-awaited Synod has begun. Bishops, priests, nuns, and lay persons from around the world have gathered in Rome to pray, listen, and reflect on where the Holy Spirit is leading us as a community in this new era. We are invited to join them in prayer:
