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August 9th, 2004
Do you believe in God? Do you believe heaven or hell exist?
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August 7th, 2004
Young, Gay Catholics struggle to reconcile faith and sexual identity
Looking forward to a summer wedding, 28 year-old Ashley Dumas carried her wedding dress out of the closet and hung it on the door for all to see. ...
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August 3rd, 2004
August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in which Catholics believe that Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul after her death.
This ...
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August 2nd, 2004
Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping are taking on the forces of consumerism, one Starbucks at a time
On a muggy July evening just after work, people in the World Trade Center PATH train station hustle by on their Tuesday commute home, talking into their cell phones as they ...
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August 2nd, 2004
Paulist Father John Ardis counts the Democratic Presidential nominee as a member of his flock.
John Kerry's nomination in 2004 marks the first time a major party has nominated a Roman Catholic for president since another senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, secured the ...
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July 25th, 2004
Hopping on the trademark bandwagon
Please accept these words as written notice to the public (with Jacoby, McMillan and Myers in copy) that effective immediately, I am pursing claim to the ownership of the name, God?. Any future use or ...
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July 20th, 2004
Busted Halo's intrepid intern reports back on her recent trip
Even in the middle of the noisy competition hall, with dozens of other swords clashing and thwacking, the sound of a saber blade breaking is unmistakable. Usually you stop to see ...
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July 18th, 2004
A Modern Look at an Ancient Prayer
A few years ago, I remember watching a network news report about the beneficial effects of meditative prayer. The report first featured a Catholic women's group that was devoted to praying ...
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July 18th, 2004
Amidst protest the Archdiocese of Boston attempts to close 65 parishes.
"This was nothing but a war zone," said 30-year old Sixto Merced to a local Boston newspaper, "Church was ...
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July 8th, 2004
Where Everybody Knew Your Name
Sometimes my parish priest starts mass by asking us to look around and introduce ourselves to one or two people we don't know. The exchanges that follow are ...
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July 7th, 2004
How the inspiration of a 19th century woman's incredible life helps me keep the faith
We would, of course, roll our eyes. That's what teenage girls do when being told something for the millionth time. Still, repetition does have its effect, and so when ...
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July 6th, 2004
Struggling to forgive an ex-lover on her deathbed
"Can you come and see me?" said his ex-girlfriend over the phone months after they went through a bitter and hurtful breakup.
"And why would I want to do that?" ...
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July 4th, 2004
Al Gore goes global in this powerful documentary on the climate crisis
One of the most provocative experiences to be had in a movie theater this year is not really a film at all but more like the ...
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July 3rd, 2004
Cult Classic The Stepford Wives Goes Under the Knife
What does a man want in a wife? Does he look for an independent, equal partner? Or does he want a Mrs. Cleaver/Barbie hybrid, a domestic goddess who lives ...
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June 24th, 2004
Through his recent book and Yoga DVD, Father Thomas Ryan is reclaiming the body in Christian spirituality.
Whether it's Pilates or spinning, marathoning or extreme kayaking, Americans love their exercise. No doubt the number of new gym memberships and fitness-related New Year's resolutions will spike in a couple ...
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June 24th, 2004
The Busted Halo Interview with the author of the New York Times Bestseller Father Joe.
Perhaps it is fitting that it took someone whose job it is to satirize sacred cows and poke fun at hypocrites to write one of the most powerful spiritual ...
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June 19th, 2004
An Indian Perspective
Outsourcing 101
Why do companies outsource? It's a valid question, given the controversy. A simple answer is cost-effectiveness. Companies ask themselves, "If someone does it cheaper at almost the same quality, why pay more?"
In ...
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June 10th, 2004
Charity Takes Action
I learned what "waste" truly meant when the agency for which I worked began participating in a federally funded breakfast and lunch program for the preschoolers in our early ...
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June 9th, 2004
Drunken Taunts, Childhood Regrets
I was just walking my dog on a peaceful Sunday afternoon.
From beyond a grassy knoll of lavender and roses, someone beckoned me from a second floor apartment balcony. I ...
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June 6th, 2004
Mercy and Mourning for My Enemy
I couldn't help it. "Good riddance," I mumbled, as the news came through that Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States, had died on Saturday, June 5, ...
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