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Small-Scale Synodality

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If someone were to ask you, a parish priest, “How do you practice synodality in your life and ministry?” you might initially struggle to answer, perhaps even to grasp the question. For many of us “synodality” has not been a part of our pastoral lexicon until recently. Nevertheless, our theological training gives us an assist Read More

Hard Questions

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Thirty years ago, on the solemnity of the Ascension in 1995, Pope St. John Paul II issued Ut Unum Sint (“That They May Be One”), his 12th encyclical. In it he confirmed that the commitment made by the Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council “to following the path of the ecumenical venture” is irrevocable Read More

Reflecting on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

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Great discoveries often happen by chance. It was Sunday, Jan. 19, 1986, the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It also happened to be my first pulpit exchange at the neighboring Evangelical Lutheran Church. The path to what would eventually lead me to a key awakening in my life began even sooner Read More
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Creation and Pope Francis’ Clarion Call

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A priest friend visited a sister parish in Central America. On arrival, a young girl quickly directed him to the village center and excitedly pointed out a newly installed water spigot. Until the previous week, all water used by the inhabitants had to be transported from a nearby lake. The village ― the entire village Read More