Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Berry’
Parliament of the World’s Religions
This week is observed as the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the spirit of Ecumenism we offer this recent experience that Fr. Kevin Dance, CP had at the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne, Australia and the tribute that it made to Fr. Thomas Berry, CP. The Parliament of World Religions was held in Melbourne, Australia, December 3-9. ... Read more
Eden and Mountaintop Removal Mining
Care for the environment represents a challenge for all of humanity. It is a matter of a common and universal duty, that of respecting a common good, destined for all, by preventing anyone from using “with impunity the different categories of beings, whether living or inanimate – animals, plants, the natural elements – simply as ... Read more
New Cosmology: Eulogy for Thomas Berry
The following is an excerpt of the eulogy that was given for Thomas Berry’s funeral in Jamaica Queens by Fr. Stephen Dunn, CP. In the beginning, the story of Genesis says. In my own life as a Passionist, I especially remember two things that date all the way back to 1951. (I won’t tell you how old ... Read more
Thomas Berry, In Memoriam
The time has come to lower our voices, to cease imposing our mechanistic patterns on the biological processes of the earth, to resist the impulse to control, to command, to force, to oppress, and to begin quite humbly to follow the guidance of the larger community on which all life depends. – Thomas Berry, The ... Read more
Trinity Sunday
Readings: Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 Thoughts for your Consideration: by Fr. Phil Paxton, CP One night this past week I was watching a TV program. It was entitled “2100,” and aired on ABC. It was basically a program that tried to shed light on what would happen to the world for the rest of this century, based on ... Read more
Passionist and Climate Change
It was Thomas Berry who first spoke of “The Passion of the Earth”. Climate change is becoming the fiercest example of the suffering implied in that term. Berry noted that the spirituality of the “memoria passionis” first expanded its range by seeing the sufferings of the poor and disenfranchised as sharing in the archetypal sufferings of ... Read more
Merry Christmas
I wish that you celebrate Christmas in the interior of your heart, where the gentle Jesus will be born spiritually and you will be reborn to a new life of love in him. – St. Paul of the Cross, 1761 Christmas is a time for many of us to reflect and assess our lives in relationship to the ... Read more
Recent News & Blogs
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A Place to Call Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples
Passion for Justice - March 11, 2010
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An Immigrant’s Cross
Passion for Justice - March 9, 2010
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Fourth Sunday of Lent: Radical Forgiveness
Lectionary Reflections - March 8, 2010
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The Passionist contribution to Catholic Social Teaching
Passion for Justice - March 8, 2010
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Migration in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching
Passion for Justice - March 4, 2010
