July 2012

On Sunday August 12 we will celebrate the feast of St. Mary the Virgin transferring her feast day that falls on a weekday, August 15. We will also commemorate Jonathan Myrick Daniels, martyr of Alabama whose feast day in the church calendar is August 14. The Gospel readings for each of theseRead More →

I remember during my school age growing up in the sixties and seventies, which happened to coincide with the so-called renewal movement in the church, being asked by classmates if I were a Christian, and more particularly had I made a “decision for Christ.” The question perplexed me then as itRead More →

The word politics comes from the Greek word Polis which in the early stages of its etymology meant “fortified city.” For Plato however the word took on a much more rich meaning. For Plato the polis was the city state which reflected an ideal way of human living; even theRead More →