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A parishioner handed me a slim book entitled “Church History 101.” As the title implies, the brief treatise outlined Catholicism’s 2,000 years in summary fashion: the ancient church, the medieval church, the reformation church, the modern church.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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10/31/08
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“Those who believe that religion and politics aren’t connected don’t understand either.” Those words of Mahatma Gandhi, several decades old, certainly apply to the situation we find ourselves in today as we prepare for our national elections.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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10/29/08
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When I was a newly ordained priest in 1966, a classmate, Vin Maynard, observed, “Kiley, you preach the same sermon every week: social justice through the liturgy.” The assessment was probably valid.
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FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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10/24/08
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The fact that November 2nd, the Commemoration of All Souls Day, falls on a Sunday this year, provides us with a perfect opportunity to recall and proclaim the central teaching of the Church about the mystery of life, death and resurrection.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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10/24/08
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Continued from last week’s column
Unless there is a problem with impotency, a husband is always fertile. Men are capable of engendering children from their teenage years until death.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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10/17/08
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One area of life that would seem to be exempt from the cross, at least in the popular imagination, is sexual relations.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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10/10/08
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I saw a “Peanuts” cartoon recently that seemed especially timely. The kids are playing baseball and little Linus, in full catcher’s gear walks out to the pitcher’s mound and announces to Charlie Brown, “The bases are loaded again, and there’s still nobody out.”
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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10/8/08
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A few years ago, maybe 15 years ago, two young men moved into a neighborhood. They replaced a sagging gutter in the front of their home.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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10/3/08
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No one receives a harsher assessment in the New Testament than the religious leaders of Jesus’ generation. Jesus excoriates the pious shepherds of his day labeling them “… brood of vipers … blind guides …whitened sepulchers. …”
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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9/26/08
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I was falling asleep one night awhile back, listening to the radio as I always do, when I happened upon a preacher reflecting on the Letter of St. James, particularly the section that describes the power of speech.
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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9/25/08
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Somewhere within his voluminous works, Benedictine Dom Aelred Graham, prior at Portsmouth Priory during the 1950s and 60s, wrote tersely and perceptively, “God’s justice is subordinate to his mercy.”
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/19/08
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Every student knows the tragic end of King Louis XVI of France and his Austrian-born wife, Marie Antoinette. The sharp blade of the guillotine made swift work of their necks.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/11/08
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As summer fades and a new “work year” begins, perhaps it’s a good time for our diocesan Church to reflect, evaluate and plan. Where are we going in the year ahead? What are our strengths and weaknesses? And what are the challenges we face?
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BY BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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9/11/08
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The Vatican has approved a new English translation of some of the frequently used prayers of the Mass, prayers that are “common” to most Masses.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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9/5/08
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A few years ago I visited a cousin in Florida. As I sat by her pool, I took advantage of several copies of the Smithsonian Magazine placed on a nearby table.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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8/30/08
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In the previous issue of The Rhode Island Catholic I began a description of what I believe are some of the teachings of the Second Vatican Council that have been “forgotten, abandoned or undervalued” in the implementation and application of the Council.
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BISHOP THOMAS J. TOBIN
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8/14/08
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John Newton was an 18th century Anglican clergyman and the author of the immensely popular hymn Amazing Grace.
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BY FATHER JOHN A. KILEY
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8/14/08
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This Sunday’s readings present two men, Elihan and Peter, who find themselves in danger because of their efforts to follow God's will.
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BY PATRICK V. REID, PH. D.
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8/9/08
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A few hours before Benedict XVI preached at Australia’s World Youth Day about global ecological crises, I was at a supermarket checkout line in America not using reusable shopping bags.
There I …
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BY WILLIAM PATENAUDE
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8/7/08
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One Sunday last spring, St. Francis Parish in Warwick celebrated First Communion at a 12:30 p.m. Sunday Mass, welcomed a newborn with the sacrament of baptism at 2 p.m. and then witnessed Bishop Robert E. Mulvee confirm 22 young people at 5 p.m.
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BY FATHER JOHN KILEY
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8/7/08
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