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When I look back on 2022 so many blessed encounters come to mind (esp @OrbisBooks authors): Harvey Cox (“A New Heaven”), John Dear (“The Gospel of Peace”), James Finley (“The Healing Path” forthcoming), Chris Pramuk and Fr Bill McNichols (working on a collaborative book).
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Archbishop Borys Gudziak (intro to forthcoming Henri Nouwen book, “Ukraine Dialogue”), Richard Gaillardetz (new edition of “Ecclesiology in Global Perspective”), @profmigueldiaz (“The Word Was Made Culture”), Bob McCahill MM (“I Am Indeed Your Brother”).
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January issue of @GiveUsThisDayLP. My “Blessed Among Us” include Jim Forest, Thich Nhat Hanh, Helmuth von Moltke, Baron von Hügel, Sr Dorothy Hennessy, Holy Magi, Steven McDonald, St Aelred, St Marianne Cope, Ven Mary Ward, more…
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Hans Küng, Charles Curran, Tissa Balasuriya, Anthony de Mello, Leonardo Boff, Jon Sobrino, Jacques Dupuis, Peter Phan, Michael Amalodoss, Roger Haight, Margaret Farley, Elizabeth Johnson, Ivone Gebara. @OrbisBooks authors who were warned, silenced, reproved, investigated.
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Martha Hennessy, delivering personal items of her grandmother Dorothy Day for a collection at Manhattan College.
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Doug Venne, MM, a servant among Allah’s poor, died 22/28/2009. My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP
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So grateful to @DanHoranOFM for inviting me to @saintmarys to talk about "Dearest Sister Wendy," my correspondence with the mystic and art historian Sr. Wendy Beckett. Here is a recording. (Ex Libris Author Lecture Series) piped.video/RFjAbGOFB_c via @YouTube (art Bill McNichols)
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My friend Sr. Wendy Beckett died 4 years ago today, 12/26/2018. In her last letter she wrote: "I know you will be sad, but I hope also very happy for me that I am close to death...When the day comes I want you to turn to God with great thankfulness for all He has given me...
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Desmond Tutu died this day last year. My reflections in @GiveUsThisDayLP “My humanity is bound up with your yours, for we can only be human together.”
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At Quidenham Sister Lesley gave me something that belonged to Sister Wendy: an old bronze pilgrim’s devotional. 💕
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The Norwich Cathedral, completed in 1145, is one of the largest in Europe—back when Norwich was a major commercial crossroads. Two windows depict Julian (dressed as a Benedictine), one with a cat.
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Very grateful to @AdamBucko for this conversation about his new bestselling book, “Let YourHeartbreak Be Your Guide.” @OrbisBooks This short conversation is almost a mini-retreat—I promise it will open your heart. piped.video/bkTo2sb0Kwo
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