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Homilies offered by Bishop William Crean
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Bishop William Crean
Religion of the Self I think of an essay Vito Mancuso published on 13 June last year, a day after the death of Silvio Berlusconi. Mancuso reflected not so much on the man as on the phenomenon he embodied, il berlusconismo, instantiating a global tendency Read More
Conversation with Peter Halldorf
Conversation with Peter Halldorf
Yesterday evening, the Norwegian translation of my book on chastity was launched at Litteraturhuset in Oslo.
The Norwegian version carries the title that from the inception of this project has been my work title: Homo castus.
It is my concern to show Read More
Zena Hitz on Religious Life
Zena Hitz on Religious Life
This review appeared in the February 2024 issue of First Things. 
At first glance, it seems odd that a major academic publisher should commission a volume on, as it were, the phenomenology of religious life. In so far as they are Read More
Choose Life
Choose Life
This homily was given to conclude a course given under the title, ‘Arise, and fear not!’, on present and future perspectives of religious life. 
Ephesians 6.1-9: Guide them as the Lord does.  
Luke 13.22-30: Will only a few be saved? 
In the Read More
Christ & the Church
Christ & the Church
Ephesians 5.25-33: I am saying it applies to Christ and the Church. 
Luke 13.18-21: The kingdom og God is like a mustard seed. 
Give way to one another in obedience to Christ. Wives should regard their husbands as they regard the Lord, Read More