I Knew You Would Save Me
After being rescued from a river, Anthony Siegrist's son told him: "I knew you would save me."
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Transmitting Tradition to Children
How is faith tradition transmitted to children? Read a report from 1987 that details findings from a consultation at the Collegeville Institute.
Raw Grief and Beauty
In this essay, Sue Ivany explores the sacredness and beauty in raw grief as she conducts a committal service for a man who did not want a funeral.
Peeking
A poem about seeing with "the faith of a child" by Andrew Taylor-Troutman, participant in several summer writing workshops at the Collegeville Institute.
Book Notes, January 2017
What are you reading this January? Check out new book titles from Collegeville-affilated writers, ranging in genre from memoir to essay to novel.
It Is Not Good for Man to Be Alone
In this excerpt from Reading Genesis, the inimitable Dr. Ruth Westheimer declares the Bible to be "the wisest guide to sex ever written."
To Peter, the Fisherman
A new poem by John D. Groppe, in which he asks the biblical character Peter to "light a fire to warm our sodden souls and share your night’s catch with us."
The Day After
The day after the US presidential election, John Hudson writes that the real work of faith is expanding our "moral imagination."
Stammering About God
As both chemist and Catholic, Michelle Francl writes about her summer at the Vatican Observatory where she uses a telescope to consider the heavens.
Renunciation
In this book review of Renunciation, Andrew Taylor-Troutman explores the artful way author John Barbour tells the truth as "slant."
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