…On why we may not have survived as a species if we were not wired by evolution to find certain physical characteristics irresistible: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/neuroscience-of-cute/ What makes things cute? https://www.zmescience.com/science/cute-things-feature/ For…
Third Sunday of Easter, Year A
…visual agnosia: https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/primary-visual-agnosia/ Demonstration of associative visual agnosia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1qnPxwalhw Homily Outline Combining Resources Possible homily outline (following theme 3 and resources 2 and 3, above): Explanation of associative visual agnosia…
Together Program
…three program components: theological education, formation, and community. TOGETHER participants enroll in a graduate theology degree at CTU, share community in a designated apartment in Hyde Park, and participate in…
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…Horan, OFM, National Catholic Reporter Air Force commissions first female Muslim chaplain January 10 , 2020 – U.S. Air Force Our poisoned policy overlooks our common home: American professor –…
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
…us. “The funky science of yeast, the gassy microbe behind your pandemic bread” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/funky-science-yeast-gassy-microbe-behind-coronavirus-pandemic-bread “Breaking Bread: the Functions of Social Eating” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40750-017-0061-4 “Emulsions: When Oil and Water Do Mix” https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2013/august/columns/processing-1…
Second Sunday of Lent, Year A
…in that they do not appear to move and have bright colors at the edges. For more information about such clouds, see: https://www.weather.gov/abq/features_acsl and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7CVY1vLXcY The capacity to “hold on…
20th Sunday of the Year, A
…with this display of humanity Jesus almost comes across as mean in this passage scholars have tried to clean up this story, for example, by suggesting that Jesus was testing…
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…Way. The name The Way implied that these early disciples of Jesus were committed to following in his footsteps across their lifetimes. Inspired by this first name for the Christian…
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
…fragmented and discordant world. Paralysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implant https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60258620, and https://www.healthline.com/health-news/scientific-advances-are-allowing-people-with-paralysis-to-walk-again#Advances-in-the-field-of-paralysis Summary of articles: Neurosurgeons at a hospital in Switzerland have helped a paralyzed man…
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
…fragmented and discordant world. Paralysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implant https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60258620, and https://www.healthline.com/health-news/scientific-advances-are-allowing-people-with-paralysis-to-walk-again#Advances-in-the-field-of-paralysis Summary of articles: Neurosurgeons at a hospital in Switzerland have helped a paralyzed man…