BENNINGTON — The Rev. Hugh Cleary, C.S.C. will be offering a Lenten Mission at Sacred Heart St. Francis de Sales Church on March 1, 2, and 3 at 7 p.m. This event will be in-person at SHSF church in collaboration with Fr. John Britto’s parish, St. John’s in Viera, Florida. It will also be liv…
The last time I wrote for this column, I wrote about the dangers of mixing nationalism and religion. At the same time, though, it is important to acknowledge how authoritarian government threatens religious adherents and religions themselves.
NEW YORK — Inside the temple in the New York City borough of Queens, monks clad in maroon robes chanted and lit incense and candles at an altar before a golden statue of Buddha.
NEW YORK — Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most attend churches that are predominantly Black, yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. There is broad respect for Black churches’ historical role in seeking ra…
LONDON — As people across England huddled indoors amid freezing temperatures and a national lockdown, nearly 300 elderly men and women lined up outside a health center in northeast London to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
It is definitely winter! While Punxsutawney Phil rests back in his underground home for six more weeks, Cindy and I warmly welcome seed catalogues arriving in our mailbox. Thumbing through the pictures and dreaming of gardening turns our attention away from the piles of snow, the short days,…
Our community is grieving although some are grieving more consciously than others. When a young woman is murdered in broad daylight on a beautiful stretch of the Walkway everyone is affected. For those who do not live, or work, or regularly walk that section it can be tempting to say :”What …
This week, spring term’s religion class began. We started by trying to get to an understanding of what religion is. What does a religion need to be a religion? We talked about tax code definitions, figureheads, rituals, texts. We talked about the many different shapes of religion; how differ…
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The high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Georgia catapulted the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church back into the spotlight. For 135 years, the church played a vital role in the fight against racism and the civil rights movement. It was the spiritual home of the civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin …
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