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Subscribing to one or more Catholic publications is always
worth consideration. We occasionally offer some light/some
not-so-light samples of what are to be found. We welcome
your own “finds” at pthorp.ed@votf.org.
Commonweal magazine: We repeat this recommended reading
in the Jan. 27, 2006 issue, now online “After the
Big Chill: Intellectual Freedom and Catholic Theologians” at
www.commonwealmagazine.org.
America, Feb. 13, 2006: The National Association of Pastoral
Musicians (NPM) has completed a poll asking “which
liturgical song most fostered and nourished the respondent’s
life.” Winners were “On Eagle’s Wings” topped
the list followed by “Here I Am, Lord”; “Be
Not Afraid”; and “You Are Mine.” What’s
your favorite? (Send to pthorp.ed@votf.org)
Visit the NPM web
site . Upcoming are Stamford,
CT (June); Grand Rapids, MI (July); and Sacramento, CA
(August) conventions.
US Catholic, March 2006: In this issue, “Women’s
words for the 40 days” is another companion during
Lent. Some current articles are available by visiting www.uscatholic.org.
Here’s a sample: Q: “If Lent is 40 days, why
are there 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday?” A: “While
the season of Lent (Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday) is
technically 44 days, the number of days for penance and
fasting before Easter is still 40: 44 days minus 6 Sundays
equals 38, plus Good Friday and Holy Saturday equals 40.”
- Also in this issue, “Does it pay to work for the
church?” is available online. The editors ask, “How
fair to its own employees is the church that first calculated
the ‘just wage’ in 1891's Rerum Novarum?”
National Catholic Reporter reports on the Cardinal
Newman Society’s charges against theologian Richard
McBrien, calling the Society’s web site fundraising
appeal letter “a six-page call to battle the heathens
in our Catholic midst, a breathless rambling screed that
includes
in its attacks a who’s who of notable U.S. Catholic
theologians and universities.” Read more.
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