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The Creed: What Christians
Believe, and Why it Matters, by Luke Timothy Johnson. Image, 2004.
. . . theologian Johnson knows that the creed, although it is recited by millions of worshippers every Sunday, is far from being well understood. He also knows, clearly from personal experience, that much of what the creed affirms--from a personal Creator to a final resurrection--is the
butt of jokes at fashionable dinner parties. This book is his careful attempt to explain to perplexed Christians, with attention to their dinner-party friends, why an ancient confession of faith still makes sense in the modern world. Exploring the Nicene creed line by line, Johnson introduces readers to the history behind each phrase, both in Christian Scripture and in church tradition, and he defends its relevance to faith today.
- Publishers Weekly review Paperback
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Four Conversions and
Spiritual Freedom, A four-part Webinar Series by Carla Mae Streeter, OP. - March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2018. - 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Central time - Donation requested. Conversion? What Kind do I Need at this Time in My Life?
We know our conversion toward a deeper union with God is ongoing, but conversion from what to what? More specifically, what kind of conversion do I need at this particular time in my life journey? As you might guess, conversion is a rich and
varied experience, not a once-and-for-all event, and it takes different forms. These reflections and discussions will explore four major forms of conversion: religious, psychic, moral, and intellectual.
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St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin: Feb. 26. 1888 - 1922.
If anyone knew rejection, ridicule and disappointment, it was today’s saint. But such trials only brought Maria Bertilla Boscardin closer to God and more determined to serve him.
Born in Italy in 1888, the young girl lived in fear of her father, a violent man prone to jealousy and drunkenness. Her schooling was limited so that she could spend more time helping at home and working in the fields. She showed few talents and was often the butt of jokes.
In 1904, she joined the Sisters of Saint Dorothy and was assigned to work in the kitchen, bakery and laundry. After some time Maria received nurses’ training and began working in a hospital with children suffering from diphtheria. There the young nun seemed to find her true vocation: nursing very ill and disturbed children. Later, when the hospital was taken over by the military in World War I, Sister Maria Bertilla fearlessly cared for patients amidst the
threat of constant air raids and bombings.
She died in 1922 after suffering for many years from a painful tumor. Some of the patients she had nursed many years before were present at her canonization in 1961. Calendar of Saints
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