“Possibly our more life-giving, healing aspect is listening to people’s stories and offering a moment of refreshment.”
Reflections
We Are One Body in Christ
“For as in one body we have many parts, and all the parts do not have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ–and individually parts of one another.“ ~Romans 12: 4-5 “… ‘Peace, justice and the preservation of creation are three absolutely interconnected themes, which cannot be separated and treated…
Religion and Language Arts Teacher
In today’s polarizing social and political climate, it is easy for children in our world to hear only non-stop bickering.
Mayo Clinic Chaplain
In this opportunity that I am allowed to write another article with you…
Parishioners
We started attending the Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist ever since we moved to Rochester about 6 years ago.
Director of Social Action
Advent, the prelude to The Greatest Story Ever Told! Many of us are old enough to remember…
Director of Social Action
Have you ever sat by the side of the road with a flat tire? Maybe with kids in the car? What…
Parishioners
The Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist is a special place; a place of reflection, comfort, inspiration…
Parishioner
When Pope John Paul II was “in his prime,” how did liberal Christians view him? That question was…
Recognition and Respect for All
Respect for All “The human environment and the natural environment are deteriorating together, and this deterioration of the planet weighs upon the most vulnerable of its people. The impact of climate change affects, first and foremost, those who live in poverty in every corner of the globe. Our obligation to use the earth’s goods responsibly…
A Prayer for the Australian Bush Fires
Veni, Creator Spiritus!
Veni, Creator Spiritus! Heal the land. Heal our hearts. Make us new again.
Listening and Interpreting Nature and God’s Messages
The history of the universe and nature is being told to us by the stars, by the Earth, by the uprising and elevation of the mountains, by the animals, the woods and jungles, and by the rivers. Our task is to know how to listen and interpret the messages that are sent to us. The…
Everything is Connected
“[W]hen our hearts are authentically open to universal communion, [a] sense of fraternity excludes nothing and no one. It follows that our indifference or cruelty towards fellow creatures of this world sooner or later affects the treatment we mete out to other human beings. We have only one heart, and the same wretchedness which leads…
Parishioner
“I don’t understand why everyone isn’t clamoring to be in the choir!” Peg asks this question as she realizes how much…
The Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist welcomes internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Simon Toparovsky
The Co-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist welcomes internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Simon Toparovsky to Rochester to celebrate the installation of his latest sculptures here at the Co-Cathedral. We share excerpts from the news release offered to media by his publicist, Beth Laski, prior to his visit. “Using his narrative skills as a visual poet,…
