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16 07, 2020

When a Nation Becomes Possessed

By |2021-03-04T00:40:00+00:00July 16th, 2020|Theology|

The above image is a photo that one of my CSU students took 20 years after the Rwandan genocide. We arrived in Kigali in 2014 for a service project 20 years to the month following the genocide that took a million lives, most dying from a machete chop to the head. One thing I didn't expect as I farmed out 20 young college students from Colorado to African families through the nation's Capital of Kigali was that every student would be seated at a dinner table with one or two empty seats.  These empty seats were once belonging to members of a family who had perished in the genocide. A [...]

16 07, 2020

VLX 4: Mt 1:18-24 (The First Meditation)

By |2020-07-15T15:48:33+00:00July 16th, 2020|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This is the first meditation of the methods of St. Bruno and St. Teresa of Avila. We consider the two ways to do mental prayer (Catholic Meditation) upon the Nativity of Our Lord as we go through all of St. Matthew's Gospel. This is the first chapter of Matthew's Gospel.

11 07, 2020

Why Mother Cabrini Would Not Want Herself to Replace Columbus on the Colorado Calendar

By |2020-07-11T02:59:45+00:00July 11th, 2020|Theology|

CNN recently reported, “Colorado passed legislation Tuesday to replace Columbus Day with Cabrini Day because bill sponsors say it doesn't represent their community members. The first Monday of October will now honor Frances Xavier Cabrini, who according to the bill, is the woman responsible for creating 67 schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the United States and South and Central America throughout her lifetime. Sen. Chris Hansen, one of the bill's sponsors, told CNN that Cabrini is a local Colorado hero because of the work that she did.  Chicago and New York join Colorado in honoring Cabrini with a shrine dedicated to her, Rep. Adrienne Benavidez, another one of the bill's [...]

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