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Life of Teilhard de Chardin: Crisis of Obedience (1924-1926)

Posted on July 23, 2013 by William Ockham

Teilhard de Chardin returned to Paris in Fall 1924 and resumed teaching at the Institute Catholique.  Teilhard continued to teach about evolution to educated Catholics.  By that time, not only was biological evolution strongly supported by the sciences, but Teilhard … Continue reading →

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MIT Survey on Science, Religion and Origins

Posted on June 6, 2013 by William Ockham

Earlier this year, in honor of Charles Darwin’s 204th birthday, Eugena Lee and Max Tegmark of the M.I.T. Department of Physics did a survey on how different religious beliefs viewed science, specifically, Big Bang cosmology and biological evolution.  Not surprisingly, the … Continue reading →

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Orthodoxy of Teilhard de Chardin (Part I): Pope Benedict and Spirit of the Liturgy

Posted on May 21, 2013 by William Ockham

__________ I was hoping to save this post and series until later, when I could have had a more comprehensive assessment.  However, as I am becoming more immersed into the blogosphere, I am starting to realize how controversial a figure … Continue reading →

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Sunday Reflection: The Ascension (Our Obligation to Help Build the Kingdom)

Posted on May 12, 2013 by William Ockham

One of the things I really like about the Easter Season is that the First Reading for both the daily readings and the Sunday readings is from the Acts of the Apostles.  Acts is a wonderful complement to the Gospels. … Continue reading →

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The Catholic Teenager: CARA Survey

Posted on May 11, 2013 by William Ockham

I am a father of two boys, ages 9 and (almost) 6, so I am not yet the father of teenagers.  However, I have a lot of friends with teenage children.  More importantly, I remember all too well the trials … Continue reading →

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Embracing Doubt (Part IV): A God Who Lets Us Wander

Posted on May 7, 2013 by William Ockham

This is Part IV of the relationship between faith and doubt (primarily in a Christian context but the same principles apply for other religious traditions).  In Part I, I described some of my own faith journey and the excerpt from Fr. … Continue reading →

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Embracing Doubt to Grow Into a Mature Faith (Part I): The Path of Disbelief

Posted on May 1, 2013 by William Ockham

My own spiritual journey was a very circuitous one.  I was born and raised Catholic, but by the time I was a teenage years and young adulthood, I drifted away, in part because I was drawn to the allure of … Continue reading →

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Tribal Catholicism in the United States

Posted on April 30, 2013 by William Ockham

One of the personal challenges I have with my faith as a Catholic in the U.S. is the disfunctional and negatively personal nature of our politics sometimes seeps into the Church.  What is intended to be a source of unity … Continue reading →

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Where Science meets Religion. Vatican astronomer talks about meeting point

Posted on April 29, 2013 by William Ockham

Rome Reports had a great interview over the weekend with Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J., research astronomer and planetary scientist at the Vatican Observatory in Arizona. Brother Consolmagno is one of my favorite interviews with his knowledge, humor and humility.  Here … Continue reading →

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Sunday Reflection: Fifth Sunday of Easter (All Things New)

Posted on April 28, 2013 by William Ockham

Each Sunday, I will try to link to a reflection on the Sunday readings that I find inspiration.  This week, the prize goes to Father Roger Vermalen Karban, pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Renault, Illinois, primarily because he … Continue reading →

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