Pastor's Corner: Summer Spirituality

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction. (2 Timothy 4:2) I doubt that spirituality was designed to be seasonal, but there are times our approach to summertime spirituality stretches that premise. Continue reading

Speaker reviews spirituality

Professor Emerita Mary Jo Weaver of Indiana University offered an in depth account of Catholic spirituality throughout the ages on Tuesday. Members of the Saint Marys community gathered in Stapleton Lounge for her lecture on the Evolutionary Adventure of Catholic Spirituality, the last in a series of the 2013 Endowed Spring Lectures sponsored by the colleges Center for Spirituality. The former professor and daughter of a Saint Marys alumna of 1937 received her doctorate degree in theology in 1973 from Notre Dame. Continue reading

Kentucky’s religious freedom bill divided politicians, public, ministers

By Jack Brammerand Beth Musgrave jbrammer@herald-leader.combmusgrave@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT The Rev. Patrick Delahanty of Louisville says he thinks the new state law dubbed the Religious Freedom Act is needed Continue reading

Medicine Stolen From St. Mary’s Medical Center

Police are investigating after medicine is stolen from Saint Mary’s Medical Center. Hospital security found out an employee was taking discarded vials of medicine out of bio-hazard boxes and keeping the drugs for personal use. Continue reading

New pope will be chosen based on spirituality, says Quebec cardinal

CTVNews.ca Staff Published Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 11:43AM EST A Quebec cardinal says the new leader of the Catholic Church will be chosen based on his spirituality, not through lobbying. Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte made the comments Tuesday ahead of a trip to Rome where he will be part of the conclave that will elect a new pope after Pope Benedict XVIs retirement Continue reading

Freedom From Religion Leads to No Freedom

February 21, 2013|5:24 am It’s interesting that much of the focus today on the First Amendment has to do with the so-called “separation of church and state.” Yet, following the first two clauses concerning the freedom of religion there are additional sections about freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom to peaceably assemble and petition for a redress of grievances. Continue reading

Where Sexuality and Spirituality Combine

Visiting activist Joshua Moon Johnson presented the lecture Beyond Surviving: A Discussion on Sexuality and Spirituality on Tuesday night at Peeler Art Center. Johnson discussed the issues presented in his new book Beyond Surviving: From Religious Oppression to Queer Activism, which focuses on Christian college-aged individuals of the LGBT community and their struggles with balancing their sexuality and religious beliefs. The lecture was open to those of all faiths and affiliations and included an anonymous Q&A at the end in which audience members could text a question to a phone number, without having their identities attached. Continue reading

Rick Warren Tackles Religious Freedom, Birth Control Mandate at Georgetown Univ.

(Photo: Georgetown University/Sarah Gormley) Pastor Rick Warren (R), interviewed by Timothy Shaw, Associate Director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center For Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2013 Continue reading

Bishop of Guildford: Religious freedom is eroding

We are seeing an increasing erosion of religious freedom, writes the Bishop of Guildford, ahead of his debate in the House of Lords. I am to ask Her Majestys Government a question in relation to the promotion of freedom of religion and conscience internationally, as a fundamental human right and a source of stability, for several reasons. First, sadly there is a greater erosion of freedom of religion at this time than for many years before Continue reading

Health care disparity reveals Russia's income inequality crisis

Comparing the Divide: Income dictates access to health care in the capital cities of Russia and the United States, where lawmakers debate policy mere miles from some of the countrys most underserved communities. Russias Gini coefficient, at 0.420, is actually better than that of Washington, D.C. at 0.435. Continue reading