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les way back in the 40s. When a prospective
seminarian was proposed, his question was:
“Does he come from good stock” Somehow
the Archbishop was acutely aware that unresolved
family disorders needed first to be recognized
and then healed. Chittister is in tune
with this:
20 years and many clients are grateful proof
of this!
WJR
AWARDS FOR
KEITH DOUGLASS WARNER,
O.F.M.
“We have to learn to take the raw materials of
our lives and turn them into the stuff of sanctity.
We can’t wait for the perfect person or
the perfect environment to call us to spiritual
maturity.” (Emphasis mine.)
Throughout lives we’re called to do our
homework, the painful task of naming and
healing perhaps long-forgotten wounds that
subtly influence us today. As we understandably
and admirably look for help at times, one
may even recall, in very broad terms, that for
a time psychology reigned over spirituality.(
On the other hand, and perhaps in our own
day, there has been a conservative backlash:
spirituality may brush aside and disdain psychology.)
Thus the purpose of St. Anselm’s—and other
institutes—is to help the participants to acquire
deep faith, much confidence and a range
of social skills. But Fr. Kofler has a caveat:
“Secular counselors will not be able to understand
fully the special charism of priests
and Religious, and therefore will not be able
to help them to develop and grow in a holistic
way. Many counselors have no idea what
spirituality is, and therefore cannot tap into
the most important resources of the priestly
and religious vocation.”
What he calls for is the combined skills of
Christian counseling and spiritual direction.
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Congratulations on honors for Care for Creation!
It received the following Catholic Book
Award at the 2009 Catholic Press Association
convention in Anaheim, CA.
• 1st place, Social concerns- Care for
Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of the
Earth (Ilia Delio, OSF, Keith Douglass Warner,
OFM, and Pam Wood). Judges wrote:
“Anyone concerned about the ecological crisis
has many resources on ‘green’ prayer, theology,
and action steps available to them. Care
for Creation is a welcome addition, though,
because of its delightful, readable content
and format. Firmly grounded in the Franciscan
tradition that sees God’s creation and the
Incarnation as ‘fully and integrally’ related,
the book contains science, theology, practical
advice, and inspiration, For the reader who is
equally devoted to both Jesus and to our fragile
world, this is a gem.”
• 2nd place, Spirituality, soft cover-
Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality
of the Earth (Ilia Delio, OSF, Keith Douglass
Warner, OFM, and Pam Wood). Judges
wrote: “This timely book wonderfully presents
a Franciscan spirituality of creation and
the Incarnation, the implications of St. Francis’s
Canticle of Creation for the contemporary
world, the role of contemplative prayer
in light of global climate change, and the conversion
that is necessary for humanity to face
these challenges.”