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Christophany Groups: from Vancouver

Testimonial from a Vancouver based group, led by Bart Begalka: Our Christophany group is fairly new. We began this summer. However, we follow a format that I have been using…

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Can the Earth be Healed? Insights from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ

Closing address of the “Laudato Si’ and the U.S. Catholic Church” conference by Ilia Delio.This was the second of three co-organized by Catholic Climate Covenant and Creighton University. Ilia Delio…

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Econoeisis: A New Contemplative Paradigm

As we linger through the summer months with a blast of heat waves across the nation and a rise in COVID-related deaths, the question of sustainability looms large. Recently I…

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New Wine Needs New Wineskins

The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops recently concluded their annual meeting by advancing a document on reception of the Eucharist for pro-choice Catholic politicians. The decision to produce such…

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Community Sharing: Hope for the Future

In reality, there are not two stories, a creation story and an evolution story. There is only one story spoken of from two non-integrated perspectives, one classified as science, the…

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Christophany Divina

Every Friday this month we will offer Lectio Divina and Visio Divina practices, inviting you to ponder a little longer, a little deeper into the depth of your own hearts, and…

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Hope for the Future

Dear Friends,   As I wind down another semester of teaching, I cannot help but reflect on the potential of Teilhard’s vision for healing our world today. I had the…

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A Short Reflection on the Feast of the Ascension

When I was a child, I celebrated the feast of the Ascension by imagining Jesus like a space rocket launched into heaven. To this day there is an operative image…

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Finding Our Way into A New World

As many of you know by now, my bike accident last summer yielded a very challenging concussion and the persistence of a head injury that just doesn’t want to settle…