10Jan

Looking ahead . . .

January 10, 2019 Gil Bailie

In the preface to his translation of Thomas à Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ, William C. Creasy sketched the historical...

04Jan

The Catholic meaning of the church

January 4, 2019 Gil Bailie

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – Benedict XVI In an interview in 1985, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – the future Pope Benedict XVI...

19Dec

December 19, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

Bob Dylan & Roland Janes And now for something completely different….A Christmas story courtesy of Bob Dylan and Roland Janes:...

11Dec

December 11, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

In the Gospel reading for Monday of the Second week of Advent Jesus heals a paralytic who has been lowered...

07Dec

December 7, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

It has been over two years since Gil Bailie’s book God’s Gamble: The Gravitational Power of Crucified Love was published...

04Dec

December 4, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

The Imitatio website has recently posted a fascinating window into the classroom of then Johns Hopkins University professor René Girard...

02Dec

December 2, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

The season of Advent has always been a time of expectation ever since the first one in that dusty corner...

30Nov

November 30, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

Gil Bailie recently gave a presentation to the priests and seminarians of St. Patrick’s University and Seminary in Menlo Park....

17Nov

November 17, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

The ‘Fall Appeal’, which you may read by following the link, is our annual foray into fundraising and was once...

12Nov

November 12, 2018 Randy Coleman-Riese

The journal First Things has recently featured on its website a short essay by Peter J. Leithart entitled ‘Clashing Victimocracies!’ ...