The Catholic World articles from September 1995

The Catholic World archives from September 1995

Twentysomethings: struggling to find a meaningful life. (Generation X)
September 1, 1995... Many commentators today are observing that people born between 1961 and 1980 make up a distinctly unique generation of Americans, variously referred to as Generation X, or the Twenty Somethings or the Thirteenth Generation (because they are, in...

A generation of refugees. (Generation X)
September 1, 1995... The generation the media refers to as "Generation X" I have come to regard as a generation of refugees--victims of a war against the human spirit. They are as much refugees in search of a homeland for the soul as any of the refugees who trooped...

Social justice and the nXt generation: passing the torch. (Generation X)
September 1, 1995... According to the popular media, Douglas Coupland's 1991 novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (St. Martin's Press) did for twenty-something Americans what Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Kerouac and Salinger had done for earlier...

Pastoral care of Generation X.
September 1, 1995... Generation X deserves the compassion of our pastoral ministry, not because they are helpless victims, but because the Gospel asks us to love and care for those who are worried and confused. Modern life confuses each generation, but the...

Interactive preaching: homilies by and for Generation X.
September 1, 1995... I have never had much fondness for "X." In my earliest preschool memory, the task of learning the alphabet reached maximum difficulty with the letter "X." It was always represented by xylophone, or worse yet, X-ray. Xylophone was notoriously...

The adolescent 'good life': how it affects youth ministry.
September 1, 1995... During the first week of 1990, Newsweek ran a cover story on "The 21st Century Family"--an issue worth perusing for anyone interested in ministering to today's generation of teens that follow the Generation Xrs. Those of us in the business of...

Jesus' Parables: Finding God Within.
September 1, 1995... Two books on parables offer reflections for spiritual inspiration. Jesus' Parables: Finding God Within, by divinity school president Robert Winterhalter, edited by George Fisk of Common Concepts Press, is part of the Paulist Press Series, Jung...

Tales of the City of God.(Brief Article)
September 1, 1995... Aretired university professor of mathematics, Carlos Valles is a Spanish Jesuit priest who lived most of his life in India. His books, scholarly and popular, have been published in Spanish and English. His latest book is a collection of wisdom...

Young, Catholic and capable. (youth ministry)
September 1, 1995... Cathy is thirty years old and single. A college graduate, she lives at home with her mother and father to save money. She is a professional and has a career. She's a product of Catholic elementary and high schools. She spends her free time at the...