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January 25, 2021

Poet Amanda Gorman is a light to us all, parishioner says

Amanda Gorman recites a poem at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2021, during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. She is a parishioner at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON — Long before she burst into the public spotlight delivering her inauguration poem, Amanda Gorman got a standing ovation from fellow parishioners of St. Brigid Church in Los Angeles for reciting a poem she wrote about the parish.

Published in International
May 27, 2017

The gospel according to Di Cicco

Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Toronto’s poet laureate from 2004-09, calls himself “a creative cities exponent with a Gospel mandate underneath.”

UPTERGROVE, ONT. – Ordinary lives, however quiet or unnoticed, are a sequence of miracles, tragedies and triumphs. We all stumble into hell and are repeatedly resurrected into ultimate beauty.

Published in Features
April 30, 2014

God’s quiet presence in our life

God’s quiet presence in our life

The 12th-century Persian poet Rumi submits that we live with a deep secret that sometimes we know, and then not.

Published in Fr. Ron Rolheiser