Just before the Thanksgiving break, I received my December 1, 2003 copy of Newsweek. In the regular feature, The Last Word. Anna Quindlen wrote a column entitled A New Kind of Poverty. Quindlen quotes Mary Brosnahan, who runs the Coalition for the Homeless in a section of New York City. Quindlen goes on to paraphrase from The Betrayal of Work. I remember the time I spent in formation for Cat.

Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Recently, I wrote a lengthy reflection on celibacy. A few days later, I wrote a reflection on obedience. It makes sense that now I would offer some thoughts on the vow of religious poverty. I confess that I am struggling with articulating anything meaningful on this vow, even though it was the vow I felt most essential to my own vocation when I was exploring religious life. I did not think of the vow of poverty so much as sacrifice as freedom.

Monday, March 08, 2004. I have written articles on Protestantism compared and contrasted to Catholicism. The salvation of the Jews. And the possibility of salvation among Muslims. I would venture to say that the most fascinating questions Western Christians are facing today on salvation outside of the Church. Globally, Christians make up the largest religion with 33 percent of the global population, and nearly 2 billion adherents in 2001. Just over half of all Christians are R.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004. Reason Informed by Faith, and Faith Informed by Reason. What sometimes seems less clear is that the Roman Catholic Church also. Teaches with this same infallible authority. In other words, the Church does not. The teachings of the Church must be rationally consistent and interconnected such that there are no internal inconsistencies. This is highlighted in parag.

We are the Old Catholic Apostolic Church. Old, because we can show our history right back to the first Apostles. Church, because we are! The OCAC derives its Apostolic Successions from the historic Churches of the East and West,.