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In our 2022 issue, we lifted up the writing of Lane Center Board member Carol Miller, S.N.D. In this issue, we are featuring reflections from founding board member Mike Lehmann, shared during a recent conversation. An economist by training, Lehmann… Continue Reading →
The environment played an indispensable role in shaping the life and spirituality of St. Ignatius. Though he proceeds chronologically in presenting his autobiography, what is remarkable in this narrative concerning the environment is that he situates all his experiences in… Continue Reading →
Colonizers liked to refer to Uganda as the “Pearl of Africa” because of its verdant, equatorial abundance. Soil scientists note that only about 8 percent of the African continent is arable, and a good portion of that land is found… Continue Reading →
Can artificial intelligence (AI) develop moral attention? Moral attention refers to the ability to focus on the ethical dimension of situations and consider the consequences of one’s actions on others and society as a whole. It involves being mindful of… Continue Reading →
The four U.S. churchwomen—Maura Clarke, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan—who were killed in El Salvador in 1980, lived the virtue of nonviolence in the midst of horrific violence, accompanying the Salvadoran people whose faith and courage helped to… Continue Reading →
In 1985, Peter Henriot, S.J., and colleagues at the Center of Concerns famously described Catholic Social Teaching as the Catholic Church’s “Best Kept Secret.” This phrase has reemerged in many contexts and conversations including the discussions that led to the… Continue Reading →
This issue of Pierless Bridges, emerging after pandemic restrictions began lifting, appropriately celebrates the wide world we re-entered, with an emphasis on nature in many aspects — from human nature to our common home on planet earth. We were inspired… Continue Reading →
To bow down with compassionate love before the weak and needy is part of the authentic spirit of religion, which rejects the temptation to resort to force, refuses to barter human lives and sees others as brothers and sisters…. this… Continue Reading →
Faith is the Pierless Bridge… It bears the Soul as bold – Emily Dickinson Those of us in the City of San Francisco are blessed by the scenery of the Golden Gate. Its pierless bridge is suspended by an… Continue Reading →
When queer people see USF marching in the Pride parade; when we make religious support for LGBTQ people fully visible and explicit – it matters. A former student, who took my course as a freshman, offered me a compliment I… Continue Reading →