Tag: New York Times
Mixing Scripture Into the Batter
CAMBRIDGE, N.Y (New York Times) — At first, the prep work for 200 four-pound cheesecakes in the sunny, commercial kitchen seemed familiar, unremarkable. An elderly woman in a bandanna wielded a cheese cutter, slicing through fat bricks of cream cheese. Another woman with silvery bangs poured heavy cream into the mixer, dipped a tasting pinkie… Read More ›
Sealed Under Turkish Mud, a Well-Preserved Byzantine Chapel
DEMRE, Turkey — In the fourth century A.D., a bishop named Nicholas transformed the city of Myra, on the Mediterranean coast of what is now Turkey, into a Christian capital. Nicholas was later canonized, becoming the St. Nicholas of Christmas fame. Myra had a much unhappier fate. After some 800 years as an important pilgrimage… Read More ›
Pope’s new book debuts on NY Times Bestseller list
New York City, N.Y., Mar 24, 2011 / 07:28 pm (CNA).- Pope Benedict XVI’s second volume on the life of Jesus Christ debuted in the number 10 slot on the March 27 New York Times Bestseller List in the hardcover nonfiction category. “Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week” discusses the last week of Jesus’ earthly life,… Read More ›
High-Five Nation: Where has Humility Gone?
On Sunday evenings, my local NPR station airs old radio programs. A few weeks ago it broadcast the episode of the show “Command Performance” that aired the day World War II ended. “Command Performance” was a variety show that went out to the troops around the world. On V-J Day, Frank Sinatra appeared, along with… Read More ›
Sisters Face Death With Dignity and Reverence
By JANE GROSS Published: July 8, 2009, New York Times PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Gravely ill with heart disease, tethered to an oxygen tank, her feet swollen and her appetite gone, Sister Dorothy Quinn, 87, readied herself to die in the nursing wing of the Sisters of St. Joseph convent where she has been a member… Read More ›
Two Entrepreneurs Help a Monastery Thrive
SPARTA, Wis. – At the ringing of a bowl-shaped bell, five monks at a remote monastery congregated in the chapel here for the fourth of their seven daily rounds of prayer, their voices murmuring a Gregorian chant in Latin. At the same time, in a nearby house on the monastery’s property, the phone was ringing… Read More ›
It’s 2009. Do You Know Where Your Soul Is?
I am in Midtown Manhattan, where drivers still play their car horns as if they were musical instruments and shouting in restaurants is sport. I am a long way from the warm breeze of voices I heard a week ago on Easter Sunday. “Glorify your name,” the island women sang, as they swayed in a… Read More ›