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The proprieter of this interesting blog of the Secular Order Discalced Carmelites in Belfast (phew!) sends along a link to a kerfuffle related to Catholic schools in Northern Ireland – there’s been a suggestion to set aside one of the (what we would call) in-service days to study what a Catholic school is all about…and…

They wired up some Carmelite nuns, asked them to get mystical and found… Rather than reveal a spiritual centre in the brain, a module of neural circuits specifically designed for religious experience, the study demonstrated that a dozen different regions of the brain are activated during a mystical experience. In other words, mystical experiences are…

R. R. Reno has a really meaty post over at First Things, evaluating various graduate programs (not just Catholic of course) – across the country. Too bad there’s no comments section over there – I imagine it would get hot. The Divinity School at the University of Chicago has problems as well. It has some…

Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone will assume his role as the Vatican Secretary of State on September 15. (For those who don’t know what that is and what it entails – the page on the Vatican website is quite helpful) It’s quite an important role because the Secretary of State provides an valuable window into the mind…
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