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Father Donald Senior

Fresco

Sent into the World

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In his biography of Pope Francis, the English journalist Austin Ivereigh describes the preparatory meeting of the cardinals in March 2013 before entering the consistory to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. Each cardinal was given 10 minutes to offer their observations about the state of the Church and what kind of a pope Read More
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Lessons from St. Paul

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Both personally and in the wider social and religious world of his day, Paul the Apostle witnessed an old world die and a new one born — not unlike our experience at this moment in history. Paul, of course, was not a priest but an apostle and dedicated lay missionary. But some of the characteristic Read More
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The Passion of Jesus and the Ministry of the Priest

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This coming Holy Week, Christians around the world will listen to two different Passion narratives — that of Mark’s Gospel on Palm Sunday and that of John’s Gospel on Good Friday. For all four Gospels, the death and resurrection of Jesus is the endpoint and climax of their narratives, but each account is distinctive and Read More

Administration as Christian Discipleship

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Although the words “ministry” and “administration” contain the same root, most pastors have little enthusiasm for the kind of tasks involved in administration. This was the firm conclusion of an extensive national study of Catholic and Protestant pastors done by the Lilly Endowment some years ago — and later followed up by a second round. Read More