22 May May 2023 Reflection – Michael McFarland SJ

We see this in the Gregorian University and its related institutes in Rome. Anyone who visits there is deeply moved by the rich diversity of its students and faculty from 150 countries, representing the whole of humanity, yet all united in their dedication to serving...

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20 Mar March 2023 Reflection – Michael McFarland SJ

Lent begins with a call to repentance. The first reading on Ash Wednesday starts this way: Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord,...

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19 Dec December 2022 Reflection – Michael McFarland SJ

The lights, the music, the elaborate displays and decorations, the manger scenes, the cookies and other treats specially made for the occasion, going together to church and to visit families and friends, the caroling, all speak to a unique special occasion filled with joy, beauty...

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25 Oct October 2022 Reflection – Michael McFarland SJ

It was inspiring to see students from every different background, diocesan seminarians and priests, men and women from a wide variety of religious orders, and lay people, from every race and culture, working together in harmony, caring for and supporting one another in a common...

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22 Aug August 2022 Reflection – Michael McFarland SJ

In last month’s Gregorian University Foundation’s Distinguished Lecture, Rev. Robert Geisinger, SJ, canon law professor at the Gregorian University, who himself received his licentiate and doctorate in canon law at the Gregorian, spoke about the recent updates to the Church’s penal code....

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