Brazilian Catholic archbishop Helder Camara brought a "preferential option for the poor" to the center of Christian social thinking.
The final column of a six-year run gives the author permission to write in the first
person, wouldn't you say?
Early in the 1980s, I served a parish in Woburn, Massachusetts. This suburban city,
some 12 miles north of Boston, had boasted of tanneries for 300 years.
Ecology does not begin and end with the human, but it certainly includes us. All other
beings share the planet and the cosmos with us, and we with them.
Put aside the Holy Scriptures for a while and read God's first
revelation—nature itself. Such was the advice offered some
years ago by a profound, Christian thinker.
Some days ago I received an unexpected call from Lima, Peru. A brother Franciscan there told me that Olga Valencia had died and, knowing of my friendship with her, he had attended the funeral.
Once in a while you get to see people assimilate a value from a different culture.
It’s an enriching experience for everyone concerned.
The drama that unfolded in the arrest and court proceedings of
Theodore Kaczynski deserves serious, even prayerful, reflection.
In part it focuses our attention on that most basic of all
communi
"The hardest part in this is seeing the pain, not only the pain of those I love,
but the pain of everybody involved.
A unique faith community gathered recently in Washington,
D.C., to celebrate its Silver Jubilee.
School in all of its dimensions inevitably marks our later
efforts at community living.
Ecumenism will happen not so much as a result of doctrinal discussions, but through real-life activities on behalf of a suffering world.
The many communities that Father Jim Healy served during
35 years as a Catholic priest came together recently at his
memorial service.
For the first time in memory, the Latino community took to the streets of
Washington, D.C., in large numbers on October 12, 1996.
A recent survey, taken in a school for upper-middle-class American children, surfaced a startling statistic.
A visit to the United Nations stimulates
reflections and emotions regarding humanity's striving for
community. Approaching the U.N.
When the reporter asked, “Why do you believe Sister Dianna’s story?” I replied without
hesitation.
Catholic religious congregations these days
find themselves in uncharted waters as they increasingly move
toward internationalizing their communities.
One can only marvel at couples who successfully manage life in
community alongside their own needs as spouses.
AS THE AUTHOR of Sojourners' "Life in Community"
column, I must take exception to Ed Spivey's remarks about my
lifestyle in his January-February 1996 "H'rumphs." He
said that I live alone
Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller once criticized Little League
baseball for its interference in children's spontaneous play.
He went so far as to say that the structured "fun" that
adults impos
Sojourners has invaded cyberspace. Or perhaps it's the other way
around.
Three American soldiers committed suicide in the first few months after
U.S. forces arrived in Haiti in September 1994.
The value of a faith-based community in children’s lives
cannot be overestimated.
Never have I written on a more difficult subject than the
pope’s recent letter on women’s ordination in the
Catholic Church.
Every successful community relies on the member who is its heart. This is true for communities that live together and for those that live apart but gather regularly.
Worship at the Heart: The PAX Community Celebrates 25 Years
Who directed the following words to the Indian population of southern Mexico?:
"The disheartened world of field work, the laborers whose sweat waters their
disheartened state as well, cannot wait
