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Bernard Häring, CSsR A tribute to the great moral theologian of the Second Vatican Council Bernard Häring, CSsR A tribute to from the Alphonsian Academy Dorothy Day A Biography by Jim Forest Dorothy Day Library on the Web Peter Maurin Saint and Scholar of the Catholic Worker. By Mark and Louise Zwick of the Houston Catholic Worker, Casa Juan Diego Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin Didn't He Show Us the Way? Article by John Bookser Feister in St. Anthony Messenger Mother Teresa The Path of Love Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ Superior General of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983 Ignacio Ellacuría, SJ When Fr. Ignacio Ellacuría visited Santa Clara in 1982, he was rector [president] of the University of Central America in San Salvador, El Salvador. Seven years after Father Ellacuría addressed the Santa Clara graduating class of 1982, on November 16, 1989, he, along with five of his brother Jesuits and two women colleagues, were murdered at the University of Central America Pioneer Jesuits in the South After the Suppression Albert H. Biever, S.J. (1859-1934), John W. Hynes, S.J. (1886-1953), Louis J. Twomey, S.J. (1905-1969), Joseph H. Fichter, S.J. (1908-1994), Clement J. McNaspy, S.J. (1915-1995) Daniel Berrigan Article by Gerry McCarthy Andrew M. Greeley Author, priest, sociologist. Read his homilies and articles as well as reviews of his novels Jacques Maritain Philosopher, diplomat, educator Hilaire Belloc Historian, poet Archbishop Oscar Romero Salt of the Earth's remembrance of the slain bishop of San Salvador Thomas Merton Monk and Poet Thomas Merton: The Global Future and Parish Priorities Article by Donald Grayston Thomas Merton: The Pursuit of Marginality Article by Lawrence S. Cunningham Thomas Merton: A Modern Arjuna Article by Paul Veliyathil in Spirituality Today, 1987 Gilbert Keith Chesterton Vincent McNabb Irish Dominican scholar Bede Griffiths Monk, mystic Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Master preacher, master of the air waves Thomas Berry and the Earth Community Thomas Berry is a leading American writer about the role of humanity and our relationship with the Earth and the Universe. The Earth Community website is dedicated to putting forward his integral vision so that the ideas may take root in our world and flower independently in many people's lives Cesar E. Chavez A civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate Sister Helen Prejean Paulo Freire Catherine de Hueck Doherty Chiara Lubich Leonardo Boff Leonardo Boff: Theologian for All Christians Article by Robert McAfee Brown Drinking from Our Own Wells Article about Gustavo Gutierrez by Robert McAfee Brown The Evelyn Waugh Society Graham Greene Cardinal Joseph Cardijn Christopher Dawson Article by Caroline T. Marshall in Christian History, 2001 Franz Jägerstätter The man who refused to fight for Hitler Bernard Lonergan Anthony deMello, SJ Biography, Quotations, writings Ingrid H. Shafer, Ph. D. Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Rev. Patrick A. Umberger Autobiography of a priest from the diocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin Virginia Cyr Quentin Colgan of Ohio Dominican College provides us with the letters of this remarkable young woman who died in 1967, and he analyzes her spirituality Ryckeboer Ludwina, MMS My work for women and girl refugees in Malawi Japanese Christian Identity Interviews with twenty Japanese Christians, many of them Catholic Philip St. Romain Author and retreatmaster from Wichita, Kansas Passionist Volunteers in West Virginia I Love You, God Steven Merten is a devoted catholic who has studied the 640 biblical uses of the word love. You cannot love without the option not to love. You cannot be kind without the option not to be kind. Through free will man is able to choose to do God's will. To morally choose to do God's will is love for God Sister Elaine Roulet A brief biography from the National Women's Hall of Fame Richard Cross Read some of the writings of this man who is interested in music (classical and liturgical), theology (dogmatic and moral), scripture, church history, the Middle East and travel Jesuit Greg Boyle, Gang Priest Article by Carol Ann Morrow in St. Anthony Messenger, 1999 Brother Priests Minister in West Virginia Article by Thomas R. Papeika in St. Anthony Messenger, 1999 Abbot's Page Homilies and talks by Abbot John Eudes Bamberger of Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, NY Peter Kreeft Writings of this professor of philosophy at Boston College George Santayana: Catholic Atheist Article by Richard Butler, O.P. in Spirituality Today, 1986 Jean Vanier: Recovering the Heart Article by Michael Downey in Spirituality Today, 1986 Life of Cardinal Newman By Wilfrid Ward, 1912 Venerable Cardinal Newman Gerard Manley Hopkins Frederic Ozanam The primary founder of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society; beatified in August 1997 Venerable Felix de Andreis Missionary of Carondelet (Missouri) 1778-1820 Peter Joseph Triest Founder of the Brothers of Charity Father Augustus Tolton First U.S. African American Priest James Healy The first African-American bishop in the United States Patrick Healy The first African-American president of a predominantly white university Mary Ward Founder of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary Jacob of Ghazir OFM Cap Leo Allatius 17th century Greek Catholic humanist Peter Abelard 12th century French dialectician, philosopher, and theologian Vasco Nuñez de Balboa 16th century Spanish discoverer of the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of Central America George Calvert 17th century English First Lord Baltimore, statesman and colonizer John Carroll First bishop of the hierarchy of the United States of America Jacques Cartier 16th century discoverer of Canada Catherine de' Medici 16th century Queen of France Miguel de Cervantes 17th century Spanish author Geoffrey Chaucer 14th century English poet Dante Alighieri 14th century Italian poet Christopher Columbus 15th century Italian explorer Nicolaus Copernicus 16th century Polish scientist Meister Johann Eckhart 14th century Dominican preacher, theologian and mystic François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon 18th century French bishop and author Galileo Galilei 17th century Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Joel Chandler Harris 19th century American novelist, poet, and journalist Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville 17th century founder of the colony of Louisiana Louis Joliet 17th century Canadian discoverer Wilhelm Emmanuel, Baron von Ketteler 19th century German bishop and social reformer Jean-Baptiste-Henri Dominique Lacordaire 19th century French pulpit orator Nicolò Machiavelli 16th century Italian Historian and statesman Nicholas of Cusa 15th century German cardinal, philosopher, and administrator William of Ockham 14th century English Scholastic philosopher Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 16th century Italian composer of liturgical music Matteo Ricci 16th century Italian founder of the Catholic missions of China Raphael Semmes 19th century commander in the Confederate States Navy John Bannister Tabb 19th century American poet and educator Ludwig Van Beethoven 19th century German composer Nicholas Patrick Wiseman 19th century Cardinal, first Archbishop of Westminster, England Giuseppe Verdi 19th century Italian composer Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 19th century Prince of Benevento, Bishop of Autun, French minister and ambassador Thomas à Kempis 15th century author of the Imitation of Christ Tomás de Torquemada 15th century Grand Inquisitor of Spain |
