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Modify the world by deepening prayer

Gerry Turcotte · January 5, 2024

I think we can all agree that mobile phones are now ubiquitous. What I hadn’t expected was that their impact was literally changing our body shapes.

Church on the Street

Truth is a story written in chalk

Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · January 5, 2024

I have written before of my respect for folk singers who look at the world and give voice to truths that are often hidden from our view. Many years ago, I heard such a phrase that has haunted me, and in some ways has shaped the ministry of the Church on the Street: “Truth is a story scribbled in chalk, an hour before the flood.”

Questioning Faith

Ecumenism began with the beginning Church

Mary Marrocco · January 5, 2024

“The proudest moment in my life,” Tom Sawyer calls it. It’s a comically poignant moment in Mark Twain’s novel when Tom and Huck attend their own funeral.

Fear not, the Lord leaves no one behind

Fr. Scott Lewis · November 9, 2023

Wisdom and knowledge are not identical. A person can have a tremendous amount of knowledge and yet be evil or amoral in their use of it. We see examples of this all around us as scientific knowledge is used to kill and destroy. Humanity is awash in information and facts but they are of little help in facing the challenges of life and the needs of the world.