Coffee At 4 A.M. And Drummer Boy . . . Speakers At Spiritual Life Conference Take A Look At Suffering And Joy
By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — “The only doctrine of the Church that’s easily observable is original sin,” legendary Catholic convert and apologist G.K. Chesterton pungently said, according to a nun speaking at a mid-March spirituality conference here that was cosponsored by the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio. Sr. M. Johanna Paruch, FSGM, a member of the theology faculty at the Ohio school for 20 years, gave a lively presentation for about 80 minutes on two topics at the March 16 Spiritual Life Conference 2019 also sponsored by the Institute of Catholic Theology (ICT), based at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church here. Suffering is the result of original sin, Paruch said, and the well-known advice of Catholic Moms to…Continue Reading