The Communion of Saints As we have approached Allhallowtide this year, I've been rather mindful of mortality: my own, my loved ones', and others around me. There are a number of factors: the outbreak of a new and terrible war; observi... Read More...
Bring Back the Catafalque By Leander S. Harding I learned from the great theorist of education Elliot Eisner and his book The Educational Imagination, to look for three curricula in any regimen of education and information: what is t... Read More...
All Souls By Sam Keyes In the Catholic imagination, All Souls’ Day (November 2) is more prominent than All Saints’ Day (November 1). All Saints is usually a holy day of obligation — this year it falls on a Monday, so the obligation is abrogated — and a solemnity, the... Read More...
For All Souls Day By Christopher Yoder Since at least the 11th century, western Christians have prayed for the dead on this day, All Souls Day. Others have written here about the history of All Souls Day, its abeyance in clas... Read More...
Facing death with Christian hope If Jesus died was raised to life, then something akin to overturning the law of gravity has been unleashed.
Among the faithful departed: Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016) A rad musical and theological tribute from Christopher Wells, with equal parts prayer and thanksgiving.
