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Beyond Violence: The Path Through Grief to Spiritual Evolution

The recent shooting at Annunciation School in Minneapolis continues to haunt our collective consciousness. While the news cycle moves forward—with yet more senseless acts of political violence—the Annunication tragedy leaves deep scars and pressing questions for our religious community: How does a young person educated in a Catholic school become capable of such violence? There are no simple answers. Research consistently links exposure to media violence—including video games, television, movies, and music—with increased aggression in youth. Violent video games, in which killing is winning, is one of many influences on the behavior of youth today. While violent video games alone do not cause violence, when combined with depression, isolation, or family dysfunction, they can become catalysts for aggression. Some scholars...
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Session 3: Life’s “Aliveness”

Hello again, course participants. And welcome to Week 3 of our Thurman course! We spent most of our first week together “getting to know”– one another, the course structure and…

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Session 2: Concerning the Search—Spirituality and Science

Hello again, course participants. And welcome to Week 2 of our course! It was a pleasure to see and meet all of you during our initial live seminar session. Thank…

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From the Christophany Groups – Australia and New Zealand

 Our reflections on writings from Teilhard and those also who have written about his writings, has steadily opened my mind and heart to a new way of being. Most important…

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Community Sharing: Seeing the World from Another Center

“I am glad you pointed out the difference between Teilhard’s mystical cosmological based on our new understanding of a dynamic and evolving universe and that of the early mystics who’s…

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Session 1: Concerning the Search—Spirituality and Science

Greetings, course participants—and Welcome! I have not met any of you yet. But I have been thinking about you and praying for you ever since I began creating this Howard…

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Change is Costly: The Power of Sanctity

Yesterday we celebrated the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. The world knows him as the patron saint of ecology, the lover of birds and bees, and friend of the…

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The Evolution of Consciousness and Modern Worship

The sound of a thousand people singing filled the room in perfect sync with the driving sound of the band. As we sang and played, my eyes looked around the…

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“The Primacy of Love” by Ilia Delio

You can now order Ilia’s new book: The Primacy of Love  Part of the My Theology series   Given the primacy of love, if we have only one choice to…

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Community Sharing: The Art of Un-Doing

From Jim B. “A few things struck me after I read your post: 1) YES, we need “enduring vacations”–I try to have a “mini vacation” every day–some call it prayer,…

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