Fr. Bob’s homily today at Mt. Irenaeus focused in large part on today’s gospel reading. He pointed out something in Luke’s Gospel that I had never heard or seen and it makes a significant difference in my reading and hearing it. The point he made was referencing verse 20 of Luke 6, “And raising his … Read more
Last Thursday I flew to Chicago with a couple of educators to attend the Macarthur Foundation sponsored event at Newberry Library in Chicago entitled, “Do Video Games Help Kids Learn?”. I’m glad I was able to attend. We were surrounded by about 250 educators from around the United States. Higher education, K-12 from both private … Read more
I’ve been watching Senator Barack Obama announce his candidacy for the presidency. I don’t know much about him, but I am encouraged by his positive vision. Yesterday as I waited to board my flight home at O’Hare Airport in Chicago I picked up the book, Audacity of Hope, and read some of the endorsements on … Read more
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.–St. Francis of Assisi
Many years ago when I was in London, I walked into a bookshop and saw a book entitled My Mother, Myself. This is an intelligent title. Your mother, yourself. You can write another book, My Daughter, Myself. Or My Son, Myself; My Father, Myself. It is the actual reality. When you get angry with your … Read more
This week the President has proposed a budget that is nearly 3 trillion dollars. Much of it is for war. Included in that budget is over 100 billion in cuts to Medicare and other vital services to our elderly. Call, write or visit your elected representatives and demand action. Today I was talking with a … Read more
I’m taking a trip along with a couple of other adventuresome educators this week. We’re going to Chicago to participate in Chicago, Illinois at the Newberry Library to attend a panel discussion, “Do Video Games Help Kids Learn?” The event is hosted by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. A group of educators … Read more
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I’m inclined to self-criticism and I am concerned that my postings are too strident at times. I feel everything very deeply. I’m a very sensitive if not sensible person. Yesterday at work I was speaking with a grandmother of one of the local young men serving in Afghanistan. She said, “I liked the article you … Read more
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”- Dietrich Bonhoeffer This week I received a mailing from the Holy Name Province of Franciscan Friars. The letter came from the Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation. In the letter were brochures detailing information about Ecumenical Advocacy Days … Read more
