Cenacle Journal
Posted in Religious life on Jul 14th, 2011
The religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience are anything but popular right now. I was struck recently by Barry Gault’s essay, “Society Men: What I Learned from the Jesuits,” in the April 22 issue of Commonweal. Gault is a psychiatrist, and his essay, using as examples his Jesuit high school and college professors, suggests [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Goodness, Religious life on Sep 20th, 2009
The expression “good God!” is often not a prayer. But when Saint Therese Couderc used the words, “good God” – and she used them often – it was with reverence. She knew God was good. And she knew that all that God has made is good. Saint Therese, co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle, [...]
Posted in Giving All, Religious life on Jan 11th, 2009
Printer-friendly During the sexual abuse crisis, the retired archbishop of San Francisco, Most Rev. John R. Quinn, wrote: “I believe, in fact, that this is the best time in the history of the church to be a priest, because it is a time when there can be only one reason for being a priest or [...]
Posted in Goodness, Religious life on Oct 7th, 2008
Well acquainted with the everyday graciousness of my Cenacle community, I tend to take their kindness for granted. The kindness of strangers, however, can reawaken me to the Goodness at the heart of the universe. Here are four recent examples — small actions, but not insignificant, for kindness is never insignificant: After I filled the [...]
Posted in Religious life on Jan 22nd, 2007
Printer-friendly version We live in an age when young adults rarely consider religious life an option for their own lives. Are we dinosaurs? If we are not, then why is it that we come together in religious communities in this day and age—or in any day and age? I am not going to tackle the [...]
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