About the only thing the new parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Catholic Church is finding familiar in his new surroundings is the weather. The two sisters arrived at the spot on the lonely gravel road bearing daisies. Certain moments of grace for me are unforgettable as early milestones on a journey of faith. I'd like to share one of them. The other day the Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, a professor at Chicago's Catholic Theological Union, and I were in a taxi headed for the Boston airport after taping a TV program at the Harvard Divinity School.
Silence is golden and as rare as a fine gem.
At 51, William Bumphus is completely different from he heroin-addicted burglar he was 20 years ago, but he just can't leave the prison life behind him. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has waded into the roiling waters of religion in the public schools, holding the first of a series of hearings on the volatile topic. About a year ago, I wrote about using weddings as a tool of evangelism. Ever since, clergy who thought my premise was stupid have regularly accosted me. Dr. Benjamin Spock raised a whole generation of children.