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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Mary Magdalene . November 21, 2003 | PBS
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KathyPozos
on 23 Jul 2008
An interview by Mary Alice Williams for Religion and Ethics News Weekly with historians and Biblical scholars who have been researching Mary of Magdala's life and role in the Early Church.
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U.S. Catholic Magazine: Who framed Mary Magdalene?
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on 23 Jul 2008Tags:
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The first witness to the Resurrection-as all four gospel writers agree-was a woman whose name and reputation have become so misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misconstrued over the centuries that she is more commonly, though erroneously, remembered as a prostitute than as the faithful first bearer of the Good News. This article is about how it all came to pass.
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Saint of the Day: St. Mary of Magdala - July 22
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on 23 Jul 2008Tags:
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One of the most striking sayings of Jesus is perhaps His simplest. It is one word, “Mary.” He is not referring to His mother or Mary of Bethany or any of the several other Marys of the Gospels. In this post, Mary of Magdala's story is considered in its historical context.
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Saint of the Day - San Diego de Alcalá de Henares
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on 19 Jul 2008Tags:
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san diego de alcalá de henares
November 7 is the current feast of St. Didacus, a latinized form of the name Diego. (The traditional feast day was November 12). San Diego (1400 to 1463), was a Franciscan lay brother who exemplified the reform movement of his time. He never learned to read or write and devoted his life to prayer, penance, and the service of the poor and the sick. San Diego’s life is an ironic example of a man who found fame and posterity by renouncing them. This blog post tells of his life and work.
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St. Camillus de Lellis - July 18 - “The Original Red Cross”
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KathyPozos
on 19 Jul 2008
St. Camillus de Lellis is one of those saints that remain quietly in the background of our Catholic lives, despite having sown seeds that continue to bear fruit into our present day.
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Order of St. Camillus: Servants of the Sick
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KathyPozos
on 19 Jul 2008
Home page of the Camillian order in North America.
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A Soldier Surrenders: The Conversion Story of Saint Camillus De Lellis, a book by Susan Peek
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on 19 Jul 2008Tags:
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This is the story of the dramatic conversion and inspiring goodness of the soldier Camillus de Lellis who lived in the late 1500's, and became the founder of the religious order known then as "Ministers of the Sick", and today now called the "Hospitallers". The story of St. Camillus is one that is filled with an intriguing combination of drama, military battles, sickness and disease, conversion to God, and great charity for countless suffering people, be they dying soldiers, prisoners or patients in the hospitals that he founded.
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Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Young Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith, a book by Sharon Daloz Parks
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on 16 Jul 2008Tags:
faith formation,
young adult,
mentoring environments,
religious education,
young adult spiritual development
Building on her classic 1986 work, The Critical Years, Sharon Daloz Parks presents a smart and compassionate look at the challenges young adults face in their search for a place of belonging, integrity, and contribution—and a call to thoughtful adults to actively mentor the next generation. She reexamines the twenty-something years and shows how crucial it is to create mentoring environments that recognize, support, challenge, and inspire the promise of young adult lives.
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St. Bonaventure | Journey of the Mind Into God | Itinerarium Mentis ad Deum by Saint Bonaventure, translation by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio
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KathyPozos
on 16 Jul 2008
This translation of St. Bonaventura's "Itinerarium Mentis ad Deum" is
addressed to undergraduate students of the history of philosophy who may
wish to read a work of a great medieval Franciscan thinker.
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Saint Bonaventure (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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KathyPozos
on 16 Jul 2008
Biographical entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy regarding St. Bonaventure. In PDF format.
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Saint of the Day: St. Bonaventure - July 15
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KathyPozos
on 16 Jul 2008
Faith and reason are often seen as opposites in today’s controversies. Some people say that faith has to be subject to reason and others say that there can be no reason if one has faith. St. Bonaventure shows not only how faith and reason are reconciled but how they are fulfilled in each other and lead us to that transcendent mystical encounter beyond words and comprehension for which we were all created.
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Saint Benedict - July 11 - Solitude and Community
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KathyPozos
on 12 Jul 2008
Benedict of Nursia is called the founder of Western Monasticism. He was born at Nursia around 480 AD to a noble family. This post tells a bit about his life and legacy.
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The Deacon's Bench
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KathyPozos
on 10 Jul 2008
A place for news about deacons, the Catholic Church, and various thoughts on the art of preaching, by Deacon Greg Kandra, of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York.
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Handbook of Young Adult Religious Education, a book by Harley Atkinson
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on 07 Jul 2008Tags:
faith formation,
young adult,
religious education,
young adult ministry,
handbook of young adult religious education
Even though this was published in 1995, it remains the most complete and thorough book available on young adult religious education. It integrates research, theory, and practice. It helps the religious educator truly understand the many internal and external forces impacting on the young adult so that ministry to the young adult can be made as compassionate and as successful as possible.
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The Basic Guide to Young Adult Ministry, a book by John C. Cusick and Katherine F. Devries
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on 07 Jul 2008
The Basic Guide to Young Adult Ministry offers a practical, pastoral approach for inviting young adults in the 20s and 30s, married and single, into greater participation in the life of the church. In three parts, this books offers theoretical and practical information.
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Young Adult Catholics: Religion in the Culture of Choice, a book by William D. Dinges, Mary Johnson, and Juan L. Gonzales, Jr, Dean R. Hoge (ed.): Books
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on 07 Jul 2008Tags:
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religion in the culture of choice,
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religious attitudes,
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Based on a 1997 national survey of Catholic young adults and supplemented by interviews with 800 young adults, this book presents a profile of the religious attitudes, beliefs, and needs of the current generation of Catholics in their 20s and 30s. The authors underscore observations that include the strength and tenacity of Catholic identity in spite of many challenges, the high level of personal decision-making among young adults, and the readiness of young adult Catholics for institutional reforms.
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Post-Modern Pilgrims: First Century Passion for the 21st Century Church, a book by Leonard Sweet
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on 07 Jul 2008Tags:
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faith formation,
post-modern pilgrims,
young adult,
first century passion for the 21st century church
In Postmodern Pilgrims Leonard Sweet provides a succinct and popular introduction to postmodern culture and how churches can respond to the spiritual needs of postmodern young adults. He presents an EPIC model of doing church: Experiential, Participative, Image-driven, and Connected. “Postmodern Pilgrims is an attempt to show the church how to camp in the future in the light of the past.” Sweet argues that ministry in the twenty-first century has more in common with the first century than with the modern world that is collapsing all around us.
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Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X, a book by Tom Beaudoin
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on 07 Jul 2008Tags:
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