Swimming with ScapularsLoyola Press, 2010 - 288 Seiten Meet Matthew Lickona, a thirty-something wine columnist, sometime cartoonist, avid moviegoer, fan of alternative rock, and wonderfully talented writer. He is also a devoutly religious young man ("I am a Roman Catholic, baptized as an infant and raised in the faith, a faith which holds the exemplary and redemptive suffering of Jesus Christ at its core." ) who fasts during Lent, leads his family in prayer every day, and wears a scapular--a medieval amulet said to protect the wearer from harm. |
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... teachers in so many things, especially the life of faith and the habit of writing. My wife, Deirdre, for patience and support and a swift kick when I need it. My children, for being constant reminders of mercy and love. Mark and Lisa ...
... teacher was Phil Evangelista. He was not like other men. In our staid, largely Irish parish, he was a spirited, thick ... teaching CCD. He was older, maybe retired, but still vital. He had a workshop in the church basement. In later days ...
... teachings, and that was enough to brand me in the public eye. When some friends nicknamed me Captain Catholic, it was ... teaching. Perhaps because I lacked a predatory air, I ended up being friends with a number of girls, and I got to ...
... teaching that, besides being a serious personal sin, abortion was a grave social injustice that we as citizens were obliged to oppose. I know because I heard him arguing with a friend of mine who had come 32 FORMATION.
... teaching. He was one of nineteen signers of a letter to the board of Catholic Charities and to the bishop. Catholic Charities never responded, but the bishop intervened the night before the ceremony to revoke the award. The Standard ...
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Begging the Sun to Dance | 46 |
Triddywackers Tinkerers and the Roar of the Crowd | 62 |
Deirdre | 93 |
Do You Need to Be a Paterfamilias? | 106 |
Sex and the Outrageous Principle | 116 |
Why So Many? | 125 |
Alms for a Drink | 165 |
In Which We Go Parish Hopping | 175 |
Hand Holding and Other Distractions | 188 |
The World | 195 |
the Flesh and the Devil | 209 |
Dredging My Soul for Sin | 218 |
The Moviegoer Plus a Trip to the Theater | 225 |
Flannery OConnor and the TwobyFour | 239 |
The Roach and the Woman | 134 |
Not Home Until We Die | 143 |
Boy Meets God | 151 |
The Best Thing in the World | 268 |
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Swimming with Scapulars: True Confessions of a Young Catholic Matthew Lickona Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2007 |