Scouts Make Prayer Easy & Cosmic

Mets vs. Philadelphia, August 24, 2015: 16-7 cosmic adjective cos·mic \ˈkäz-mik\ characterized by greatness especially in extent, intensity, or comprehensiveness Monday’s game welcoming back Mets captain David Wright was so anticipated in my household that, by the time the team was losing 7-2 in the third inning, I realized I had forgotten to pray for the Mets that day. […]

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It’s About the Children

Do you remember classic stories such as The Little Engine That Could, and David & Goliath? Healthy human culture and development call for a sense of optimism, being able to find the tools to overcome adversity, and believing that, in the end, good can trump evil. Appropriate children’s storytelling passes on these perspectives, motifs and tools to create […]

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Name Them

Picture a bright, springtime Sunday morning in pre-Vatican II New York — maybe 1962, the year of the Mets’ first season. Attorney William Shea, instrumental in bringing the National League back to New York, is standing in the pews at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan. Inserted into the classical cadence of the Latin liturgy […]

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