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The lay reform of Church and world October 19, 2011 — The Evangelical Church in Germany is a theological muddle, being a federation of Lutheran, Prussian Union, and Reformed (or Calvinist) Protestant communities. Still, it must have been a moving moment when the council of this federation met with Pope Benedict XVI last month in the chapter hall of the former Augustinian priory at Erfurt: the place where Martin Luther had studied theology, had been ordained a priest, and had, as the pope put it, thought with “deep passion” about one great question: “How do I receive the grace of God?” As Benedict, himself one of the great theologians of this or any other era, put it in his winsome way, “For Luther, theology was no mere academic pursuit, but the struggle for oneself, which was in turn a struggle for and with God.” .... [read more] |
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Letters to Editor: A saint’s visit
“Rev. Mother Drexel, foundress and superioress of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, paid the college a visit this afternoon.” Mother Drexel is now honored by the Catholic Church as St. Katharine Drexel. Father Blaine Burkey, O.F.M. Cap.
CNS photo from Pope John Paul II Cultural Center: St. Katharine Drexel is pictured in an undated photo with children at Xavier Prep School in New Orleans. |
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While looking for information for my book on Julia Greeley, I came across the following which I think you and your readers may find interesting: In the house diary of the Jesuit community at Regis University, I found the following terse note for Oct. 18, 1911, which was exactly 100 years ago on Tuesday:
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