Monthly Archives: May 2009

On neopentecostalism

From a posting on The Anglican Continuum: … On neo-pentecostalism, my own views [ACC Archbishop Haverland] on the subject were shaped early by an unforgettable lecture that I heard in about 1980 by Carmelite Father William McNamara. One of McNamara’s … Continue reading

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Notre Dame Ambiguity

In the Wall Street Journal, William McGurn writes: … With its billions in endowment and its prestigious name, Notre Dame ought to be in the lead here. But when asked for examples illuminating the university’s unambiguous support for unborn life, … Continue reading

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Back to Beauty’s Giver The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins read by Richard Austin

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Notre Madame

At the Touchstone blog, Tony Esolen writes: … Instead I’d like to focus on the moral aphasia of our times. I don’t know how else to describe what President Obama said, and how it was received by faculty and students … Continue reading

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Stanley Fish blog

Stanley Fish is doing an interesting series in the New York Times on modern atheism, entitled God Talk, as part of his Think Again blog. So to sum up, the epistemological critique of religion — it is an inferior way … Continue reading

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Chastity

From the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT: YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY 487. What responsibility do human persons have in regard to their own sexual identity? 2331-2336 2392-2393 God has created human beings as … Continue reading

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The Catholic Reformation

The Catholic Reformation. By Michael A. Mullett. (New York: Routledge. 1999) By calling his book The Catholic Reformation, Mullett wants to draw attention to the late medieval roots of Catholic reform in the early modern period. Divided into seven chapters, … Continue reading

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