It’s been a selfish Lent, and I liked it that way. While the rest of the Catholic world pined and prayed away their 40 days on sacrifice, obligation, “giving it up to the Lord,” and fasting on their human favorite goodies like alcohol, chocolate, and bad words, I’ve done something I’ve never done before: I […]
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We’re Divided by Power, not Gay Marriage: What Firing Mike Moroski Says About Catholic Church Leadership
Crossposted at The Catholic Feminist Reader and The Counterpunch The termination of Mike Moroski as Dean and Vice Principal at Purcell Marion High School in Cincinnati, Ohio is reaching a national audience. Recently, Moroski offered these questions as prompts for deeper analysis: WHEN do institutions go too far in trying to quiet their members? HOW […]
Lent is About Trying…and Trying Again
It’s well past 9pm and I’m on the internet. I have not been able to keep off the internet as I resolved this Lent. In both success and failure there is always a lesson. These are my lessons thus far from going 0-2 in my Lenten vows: 1) How we unwind at night is not […]