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Epiphany:  What Do We See?

The name Epiphany comes from the Greek, epiphaneia, and means “appearance” or “manifestation.”  The birth of Jesus is a theophany; God has appeared in the flesh, in the person of…

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New Year’s Blog: Love, Hope and Future Life

What a year this has been!  A raging virus which continues to mutate, a volatile economy, the rise of the metaverse, the tornados of Kentucky, the wildfires of California, one…

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Christmas: God Dawning in the Tenderness of the Flesh of the World.

CHRISTMAS 2021 Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 Christmas ecstasy of senses. God, dawning in the flesh, shattering the illusion of sovereignty, weakening our pretension of separation, slipping through the…

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Christophany Groups: Pennsylvania

Our local Philly area Christophany group has been meeting since the spring of 2020. Early in 2021, we decided to meet on a monthly basis (we had been meeting twice…

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Community Sharing – The Omega Tree

“Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite, with a tail as big as a kite.”…

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A Short Christmas Reflection

Image credit: “Establishment of the Manger at Greccio”, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1452 + We moderns love Christmas with all the lights, gifts and good cheer of friends and family.  It has…

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Transhumanism: Transformation or Transfiguration? The Perspective of Ilia Delio

Transhumanism: Transformation or Transfiguration? The Perspective of Ilia Delio by Sister Carla Mae Streeter1 Articles on transhumanism abound in recent literature. Perspectives vary, from the naturalistic view that genetic manipulation…

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Community Sharing – St Vincent de Paul Parish Albany, NY

“The Adult Faith Formation Committee of St Vincent de Paul Parish in Albany, NY, is sponsoring a Zoom eight session discussion of Hours of the Universe. We discuss one Hour…

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Christophany Groups – St. Scholastica Monastery, MN

When the pandemic closed our doors at the Center to in-person gatherings in March of 2020, one of the first things we did was to start a Christophany group which…