On Dover Beach

In 1867, Matthew Arnold wrote "Dover Beach", a haunting poem evoking the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of the Sea of Faith. As a boomer who finished Catholic elementary school in 1964 and then watched my Church falter, I've found the roar all too audible. So here I wait, listening for the whispers of that Sea's invincible return.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

"An exciting ride"

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If Francis really is in the line of Cardinals Martini and Bernardin, as Russell Shaw remarks , we are indeed in for "an exciting ride...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

With leadership like theirs...

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The Leadership Council of Women Religious has been much in the news lately , being engaged in bitter resistance against even the hint of sig...
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