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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? By John Bookser Feister in St. Anthony Messenger, 1997 Cardinal Bernardin: A Blessing for Us All By Fr. Daniel Montalbano in SIDIC Periodical, 1997 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) Bishop Samuel Ruiz and the Zapatistas A bishop in Mexico, Samuel Ruiz, stands up for the indigenous peoples living in Chiapas Daniel Berrigan 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 Radicalization of Religious Discourse in El Salvador: The Case of Oscar A. Romero By Timothy Shortell, Sociology of Religion, Spring, 2001 Bishop Jacques Gaillot Worker Bishop in the Vatican II Style, on "Catholics for a Changing Church" Thomas Merton Monk and Poet Thomas Merton: The Global Future and Parish Priorities By Donald Grayston Thomas Merton: The Pursuit of Marginality By Lawrence S. Cunningham Thomas Merton: A Modern Arjuna By Paul Veliyathil in Spirituality Today, 1987 Gilbert Keith Chesterton Ambassador of Christ in Memory of Walter J. Burghardt, S.J By Leo J. O'Donovan in Theological Studies, September 2008 Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J., among the Theologians: A Memorial Reflection By Patrick W. Carey in Theological Studies, December 2010 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 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 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 Fr. Benjamin J. Urmston, S.J. Jesuit priest at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio 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 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 By Carol Ann Morrow in St. Anthony Messenger, 1999 Brother Priests Minister in West Virginia 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 By Richard Butler, O.P. in Spirituality Today, 1986 Jean Vanier: Recovering the Heart By Michael Downey in Spirituality Today, 1986 Dictionary of African Christian Biography Biographies of various Catholic Africans A Life at the Edge of the World Autobiographical work by Francis X. Hezel, S.J., in Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, Winter 2009 Four Stories of the Kolvenbach Generation Biographies of Michael C. McCarthy, S.J., Thomas Massaro, S.J., Thomas Worcester, S.J., Michael A. Zampelli, S.J., in Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits, Spring 2010 Remembering Robert F. Drinan, S.J.: Ardent Voice for Social Justice and Human Rights By James E. Wood, Jr. in Journal of Church and State, Spring 2007 Alfred Delp: Committed to Christ By Michael Holman SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, February 2010 Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador: Twenty Years On By Dean Brackley SJ in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, November 2009 Richard McCormick: Hero of Humane Healthcare By Timothy E. O'Connel in Suffering: The Stauros Notebook, Summer 2000 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 |
