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Our November letter from the Publisher #orbisbooks #letterfromthepublisher #religion #november @drdelatorre @deankbd @reineayiti @robertellsberg
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Ven. Henriette DeLille d. Nov 17 1862. At a time when slavery was the law of the land in the southern US she managed to found a congregation in New Orleans for "free women of color"--Sisters of the Presentation, recognized in 1837, later changed to Sisters of the Holy Family.
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A timely memory.
Once again it was Infrastructure Week on the estate. The master had promised the peasants that one day they would have modern gaslighting, but first it was time to finish madame’s Tennis Pavilion! #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Thank you for this thread about a great anti-Fascist saint.
if you are a good-hearted but slightly prickly person often who gets in trouble for running your mouth, especially about politics, and you are concerned about the rise of neo-Nazi ideologies during our times, have I got a saint for you:
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This month’s @OrbisBooks Publisher’s letter, featuring new books by @DrDeLaTorre @DeanKBD @reineayiti Jermaine Marshall and more. Read the whole letter at Orbisbooks.com
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“What is it to be a companion of Jesus today? It is to engage, under the standard of the cross, in the crucial struggle of our time: the struggle for faith and that struggle for justice which it includes.”—Ignacio Ellacuría SJ, murdered Nov 16 1989
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In Nov 1997, centenary of Dorothy Day’s birth, I wrote Cardinal O’Connor urging him to promote her cause for canonization. Today, 24 yrs later, I signed off on my work on the Historical Commission charged with preparing her cause for Rome. Finally a chance to use my special seal!
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A beautiful letter from Pope Francis. @MikeOLoughlin has written a very important book.
Pope Francis has written a letter to my friend @MikeOLoughlin, an openly gay man, praising his book on the Catholics ministering to gay men and others during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 80s. Another important step in the Pope's outreach to #LGBTQ people. nyti.ms/30k6dzI
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My book •The Saints Guide to Happiness• was translated into 7 languages. The Korean edition was the most successful!
The Saints' Guide to Happiness: Everyday Wisdom from the Lives of the Saints" by Robert Ellsberg was first published in 2005 to give an answer to our questions on happiness.
m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/art… @RobertEllsberg
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Thanks to @OrbisBooks for this superb collection of the writings of Ronald Rolheiser, one of the great spiritual masters of our time. Ron has the great gift of making difficult spiritual concepts and goals crystal clear. His writings have helped me so much.
Ronald Rolheiser, a Catholic priest and theologian, is one of the most popular and influential spiritual writers today.
#ronaldrolheiser #theology #religion #spirituality #bookstagram #biography #readersofinstagram #nonfiction #tbr #christianity @avonstamwitz
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
Thanks to @OrbisBooks for this superb collection of the writings of Ronald Rolheiser, one of the great spiritual masters of our time. Ron has the great gift of making difficult spiritual concepts and goals crystal clear. His writings have helped me so much.
Ronald Rolheiser, a Catholic priest and theologian, is one of the most popular and influential spiritual writers today.
#ronaldrolheiser #theology #religion #spirituality #bookstagram #biography #readersofinstagram #nonfiction #tbr #christianity @avonstamwitz
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Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, d. 25 years ago, Nov 14 1996. Among his achievements--chair of the commission that drafted the pastoral letter on nuclear weapons; articulating the "seamless garment" ethic of life; launching a "common ground" initiative...
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"As a bishop I have tried 2 shape a moral message about the unique value of human life. As my life slowly ebbs away, as my temporal destiny becomes clearer...I'm not anxious but reconfirmed in my conviction about the wonder of human life, a gift that flows from the being of God."
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The word "martyr" comes from "witness." Certainly martyrs laying down life bore witness to confidence in God's promises, enabling them to face death with courage and serenity. But each of us, tho dying of natural causes, faces a similar choice as to kind of witness we will offer.
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