In Search of The Sacred
Maryknoll priest reflects on humanity's quest for something bigger, more powerful than ourselves At noon every day, an office worker in New York City drops into the cool silence of Holy Cross Church on 42nd Street for Mass. Nine thousand miles away, Asmat fishermen offer prayers and fruits to the sea for a bountiful catch before setting sail. Meanwhile in the...
Refugees Left in Limbo
Catholic leaders object to government turning blind eye to people fleeing war, persecution and targeted violence || [googlefont font=“Cormorant Infant" fontsize="20"]By Kathleen Kollman Birch[/googlefont] Catholic leaders involved in migrant ministry and refugee resettlement are objecting to the Trump administration’s decision to slash the number of refugees...
A Monarch Butterfly’s Message
A young woman's immersion trip to Bolivia connects her with nature and her grandmother The monarch butterfly has always captured my attention, not just for its beauty but because it is startling to know how only the fourth generation of the monarch migrates across the continent to survive cold winters. Without migrating, monarchs are not capable of...
Jesus Wasn’t Killed by the Jews
Reflections for Christians in Lent It is difficult to read the Passion narratives—particularly the Gospel of John, which is read in Holy Week—without being confronted by texts that seem to lay the blame for Jesus’ death on “the Jews.” Because of this, Holy Week has traditionally been accompanied by pogroms and other anti-Semitic violence. This labeling of...
