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Holy Family University to Honor Theologian Ilia Delio

Read Holy Family University's full announcement here. Holy Family University will grant two honorary Doctors of Humane Letters at its 2026 commencement ceremony on May 16. Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph.D., a Franciscan Sister of Washington, D.C. and a professor of theology at Villanova University, will be recognized at the undergraduate ceremony and will serve as its keynote speaker. The Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, MGA, FAAN, immediate past president of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation and vice president of Community Affairs for Independence Blue Cross, will be recognized at the graduate ceremony and will serve as its keynote speaker. “We are looking forward to welcoming these two women whose lives and work have been consistent with Holy Family’s mission and core values,” says Anne...
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God Loves To Do New Things

In this blog Ilia Delio shares some of her current reading, and offers her reflections on the ever-changing nature of God.  Ilia suggests that “…if we can get religion out of…

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The Image Of The Unseen God

In an Omega Center interview Brie Stoner engaged in conversation with theologian and writer Fr. Thomas Hosinski, discussing topics from his recently published book The Image of the Unseen God:…

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Incarnating The Universe: Matter Matters To God

In this blog Ilia Delio expands on Diarmuid O’Murchu’s recent Omega Center contributions on incarnation, and offers her thoughts on the “hidden depth to matter.” (See also Diarmuid O’Murchu’s blog on INCARNATION AS…

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Expanding Our View Of Incarnation

An audio interview with Diarmuid O’Murchu In this Omega Center interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with prominent evolutionary thinker and writer Diarmuid O’Murchu, discussing topics from his most recent…

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Incarnation As Embodiment Of Spirit

Traditionally, the word Incarnation denotes the coming of God into our world in the person and life of Jesus, which happened for the first and only time 2000 years ago.…

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A Reply To Richard Rohr On The Cosmic Christ

In this blog Ilia Delio considers recent reflections offered by Richard Rohr on the Cosmic Christ, and provides some additional thoughts. See THE COSMIC CHRIST by Richard Rohr, and REDISCOVERING THE UNIVERSAL…

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Rediscovering The Universal Christ

An audio interview with Fr. Richard Rohr In this interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with Fr. Richard Rohr, covering a number of topics in a forthcoming book he’s in…

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The Cosmic Christ

The following is used with permission by the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC), first published in Daily Meditations November 5, 2015 Franciscan mysticism has a unique place in the…

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A Response To John Haught’s “A New Cosmic Story”

We are story tellers and meaning makers and the stories we tell shape the meaning of our lives. John Haught, a longtime friend and colleague, has been engaged in the area…

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