Toni Greenwell and Michael Alcalay are the chairs for the Sacramento Theatre Company fundraiser. What: The Fire Station Affair, a benefit for the Sacramento Theatre Company.
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Gloria Glyer: Sacramento Theatre Company fundraiser
The story of a Catholic woman religious who was disciplined for authorizing an abortion has been percolating for a few weeks. It’s a very sad story and my heart goes out to all involved. The basic story is that a woman had had pulmonary hypertension, a condition that, in pregnancy, put her at high risk of eclampsia.
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Catholic canon fodder
Guilt is a heavy burden sometimes. Every now and then, I tear a long article out of a mainstream magazine or journal that clearly deserves comment and put it in the front pocket of the shoulder bag that I carry while commuting.
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Does Time need to say, ‘We’re sorry’?
The board of the Enfield, Connecticut Public Schools has changed its mind and decided that it will appeal a federal district court ruling barring it from holding this year’s high school graduation ceremonies in First Cathedral, a Bloomfield, CT Christian church.
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Enfield School Board Changes Its Mind– Will Appeal Church Graduation Ban
Calling multi-faith expansion the next step, the school will offer training for Muslims and Jews in a program that strains its historic ties to the Methodist Church. In a bow to the growing diversity of America’s religious landscape, the Claremont School of Theology, a Christian institution with long ties to the Methodist Church, will add clerical training for Muslims and Jews to its curriculum this fall, to become, in a sense, the first truly multi-faith American seminary.
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Claremont seminary reaches beyond Christianity
SPECIAL prayers for those who died of AIDS were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Johor Baru recently. More than 100 people attended the annual prayer service.
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Multi-faith prayers for AIDS sufferers
I’m no expert on the issue of celibacy and Catholic priests. Fortunately, I don’t need to be to critique an NPR Morning Edition report headlined “Letter From Priests’ Lovers Reignites Celibacy Debate.” A Journalism 101 student could handle this post. Let’s start with the question posed by the GetReligion reader who passed along the link: “Isn’t it standard journalistic practice to ‘present both sides’ when a story is news rather than an editorial?” Um, good question
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Celibacy, NPR and Journalism 101
A couple of weeks ago, The Observer (U.K.) ran a brief editorial arguing that the Anglican Church “must not be complicit in gay persecution in Africa.” The editorial began with the doctrinal statement “Homosexuality is not a sin or a crime.” Normally we don’t concern ourselves too much with the house editorials but this one is different.
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Inventing homophobic bogeymen
The June issue of Details Magazine reports on exorcism rituals practices by some Pentecostal and Evangelical churches across the country aimed at driving out demons which are deemed by them to be the cause of homosexuality. The article focuses in particular on 20-year old Kevin Robinson of Enfield, Connecticut who has undergone gay exorcism at least ten times since he was 16. Many who undergo these exorcisms are minors
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Authorities Reluctant To Interfere With Gay Exorcism Rites
PO 2105 :: Sinking Spring, PA 19608 Contact Information Jeff Lebo Chairman of Search Committee hccsearch@live.com Position Description Associate Minister (Youth/Family) Exciting opportunity in a church desiring to grow located 1 hour outside of Philadelphia. Ideal candidate will work with Sr
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Hillside Christian Church Sinking Spring, PA Youth/ Hours