In 1971 the Jesuits on the Lower East Side of Manhattan founded the first Nativity School. Its apostolate was to provide disadvantaged kids a tuition free learning environment where they could excel academically, socially and spiritually. Today there are over 60 schools in 27 states…
Author: Dana Robinson
Pentecost to Parousia
Antelucan. Today an esteemed colleague shared this new word with me. I reciprocated with one I had recently discovered: Aphotic. His is preferable. It is Pentecost Sunday. We are reminded that the Church – founded two millennia ago by our Lord and inspired by his…
...mysterious symbiosis...
(The following remarks were offered earlier this month as an introduction to NCCF’s first webinar) NCCF was incorporated in Delaware over twenty years ago and was co-founded by the Raskob Foundation and twenty other groups consisting of religious Orders and organizations. It was inspired by…
Mary's Children Family Center
Mary’s Children Family Center is a non-profit, 501 (C) (3) organization which had its inception in a room that wasn’t being used at St. Bede Church in May, 1993. It was begun by two Oakland County mothers who searched endlessly, to no avail, for a…
What did he write?
Pericope adulterae is the term used to refer to the passage in St. John’s Gospel where the Pharisees present Jesus with the woman ‘caught in adultery’ and ask him if, according to Mosaic law, she should be stoned (Jn. 7:53 – 8:11). After writing something…
Progressive v. Progressive
Generally regarded as a logophile my mother had a particular fascination for contranyms. She delighted in the fact that words such a sanction, dust, dress, and overlook could mean their opposites. Even so she instructed my siblings and me (or in today’s untutored grammar ‘my…
Modern day Knights
Members of a certain generation will recall fondly childhood tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Roundtable. These Arthurian romances recount the awakening within the royal realm of the revolutionary understanding that ‘might’ does not make ‘right’. Rather the reverse had to be…
A mustard seed among the sandalwood
The last ‘Advancing the Kingdom’ article featured the boundless outreach of the Archdiocese of the Military. In a similar vein a significant number of the donor advised funds administered by the National Catholic Community Foundation also benefit overseas endeavors and exemplify the international philanthropic outreach…
A boundless archdiocese
Today when one hears the term ‘field Mass’ what come to mind are liturgical events whose congregants are so numerous no enclosed edifice can contain them, such as papal Masses in stadiums or town squares. However, readers old enough to remember World War II films…
Chaminade University of Honolulu
E komo mai! Welcome to Chaminade University! Chaminade University’s namesake, Father William Joseph Chaminade (1761-1850), was the founder of the Society of Mary and a social reformer who saw education as a way of transforming society for the better. In 1883, the Marianist community established…