These Honored Dead

These Honored Dead

Even before the final shots of the Civil War, another great conflict had broken out between the North and the South.It was the battle of the cemeteries.Before 1864, there was no national cemetery in the United States.  Few people imagined the need for such a...
Padlocked Hearts

Padlocked Hearts

Throughout Lent, we’re exploring the parables of Jesus – the two dozen or so stories that were his chief means of describing the reality of God’s rule on earth. Father Elias Chacour describes himself as a “Palestinian-Arab-Christian-Israeli.”At one time or...