Contents, Volume 11 #3

Dossier

A Summer Medley

The scientific revolution,
Jesus faces the press,
Vatican diplomacy
and much more

Leader
A few thoughts about Compass as the magazine enters its second decade. Robert Chodos (p.2)

Making Sense of Our Times
Compass inaugurates a new series. An interview with John Polanyi (p.6)

The Press Conference
An apocryphal New Testament tale. Philip Street (p.13)

Last Straw for Ukrainian Church
An appointment in the Toronto eparchy has set off a wave of protest. Myroslaw Tataryn (p.16)

St. Patrick
The humble soul who founded Ireland's church has remained hidden in an Irish mist. Curtis Fahey (p.19)

The Vatican and Israel (p.20)

Rome's Caution May Lead to Resolution. Brian Hogan CSB

Full Diplomatic Recognition Is Long Overdue. Gil Kezwer

Fiction

First Son
A short story. Janet Winn (p.25)

Film

Women Pioneers for Peace
A new documentary traces the history of the Voice of Women. Thomas Socknat (p.30)

Books

The Muses, the Masses and the Massey Commission
By Paul Litt. Reviewed by Mark Starowicz (p.32)

The Logic of Ecstasy
By Ann Davis. Reviewed by Ilse Friesen (p.35)

Education for Ministry
By George P. Schner SJ. Reviewed by Frederick Krieger (p.38)

Bookshelf Gleanings
Stories of uprooted Irishwomen and Maritimers and policies for children and aboriginal people. (p.41)

Features

Letters
The face of charity, the dearest freshness and weird and twisted ravings. (p.4)

Points
Banking on trust, breaking the spell and knowing the risen Jesus. (p.5)

Colloquy
South Africa needs a spiritual injection. Walter Willies (p.29)

Compass Cryptic
Camper in embryo and a pinch of 'baccy. (p.44)

Disputatio (p.45)

Participants in the Guindon case should read his books. John Perry SJ

Can we recognize who Jesus really was and is? John Miller

Testament
The questions that underlie the Bible. John Walsh (p.47)