Contents, Volume 12 #2

May/June 1994

Dossier

Religious Life Today

Its rich heritage, current
problems, and hopes
for the future

Leader
Even in times of change and stress, religious life is an enduring gift. Stephanie Vincec CSJ (p.2)

Times of Change, Time of the Soul (p.6)

Creative Destruction. Joan Chittister OSB

Taking Jesus at His Word. Mary Redmond

Sexual Abuse and the Soul. David Nazar SJ

Being a Religious Today
An exchange of notes on contemporary religious life. A roundtable with Bernard Audigier, Margaret Brennan, Jean Doutre and Christine Leyser (p.13)

Six Canadian Religious Pioneers (p.19)

Father Paul Le Jeune. Jacques Monet SJ

Sister Mary Bernard Kirwan. Peter Neary

Mother Delphine Fontbonne. Irene McDonald CSJ

Sister Mary Providence. Edith E. Down SSA

Father Jules Decorby. Margaret F. Sanche

Father Henry Carr. Grant Maxwell

Contemporary Perspectives on the Vows (p.23)

Poverty. Paul Rowe

Chastity. Mary Bastedo

Obedience. Janet Somerville

St. Brigid
Irish founder of convents was a charming, unruly advocate for the poor. Mary Rose Donnelly

Article

The Messiah of Brooklyn
In his nineties and gravely ill, a Hasidic rabbi focuses attention on the ancient concept of God's Anointed One. Gil Kezwer (p.31)

Books

Memoirs
By Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Reviewed by John Conway (p.36)

The Robber Bride
By Margaret Atwood. Reviewed by Monty Williams SJ (p.38)

History and Prophecy
By Brian Peckham SJ. Reviewed by Walter Brueggemann (p.40)

Bookshelf Gleanings
Prison guards, Latin America and Lonergan's key ideas. (p.43)

Features

Letters
Torturing papal logic and being mothered by nature. (p.4)

Points
High cathedrals, spoons and honour, and hereditary insanity. (p.5)

Colloquy
A merchant God and the coveted jewel. Stephanie Vincec CSJ (p.30)

Testament
Rich Young Man's further adventures. Greg J. Humbert (p.35)

Compass Cryptic
King of Bashan's silver and Marie in a vessel. (p.45)

Disputatio
Deciding not to be "in the know" is irresponsible. Jerald Owzcar (p.46)

Distractions by Martin Royackers
Lines written in a doughnut shop. (p.47)