Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
To contribute to Perspectives, email Jason at: Jason@cta-usa.org
REC - A Church of the 21st Century: Continuing Reform & Renewal | Thomas Groome
All charisms of the baptized must be engaged. Everyone is responsible for giving voice to the mission and ministry of the Catholic Church. Collegiality and synodality are crucial.
REC - Rolheiser's Moral Loneliness
"We are lonely people who occasionally find intimacy." We try to solve it through faith, family, and friends but something is always missing.
REC - Loving God: A Sacrifice of Praise | Greer Gordon
Greer Gordon's presentation at the 2016 Religious Education Congress focused on building up the prayer life of the laity.
The Risk of a Relationship with the Creator
I seek to know, rather than just preach about, the Creator.
Come Back To Me, With All Your Heart
At this morning's staff meeting Aaron Bianco, Program Outreach Associate, led us in an Ash Wednesday prayer. Inspired by the song Come Back To Me, he offered this for reflection.
Book suggestions
If you are looking for a good book to read these winter months, CTA-Wisconsin has a couple of suggestions.
"The final word is love."
Each of these readings recognizes in some ways the challenges of the life of faith and invites us to lean on God and one another – faithfully proclaiming with Paul that “love never fails.”
Anti-racism or non-racism?
On this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, perhaps we can all take one step, moving from a 'non' to an 'anti.' The world is waiting for us.
"A Bruised Reed He Shall not Break"
I don't know what happens next, but it won't be easy. I've learned not to ask why; I still need to learn how to deal with the feeling of powerlessness.