Mary Healy

Dec 29, 2023 | wau.org | Mary Healy

The moment that Ani Pennings saw the photo of three-year-old Pepito on her adoption agency’s listing, she knew it in her heart: this is our son. She showed the photo to her husband, Jeff, who agreed, “Yes, that’s our son.” Pepito’s face, though peaceful, already bore traces of the illnesses he endured. He was born in a remote area of Ethiopia, and from his birth, he suffered from hydrocephalus, which went untreated for eighteen months.

Jun 8, 2023 | churchlifejournal.nd.edu | Terence Sweeney |John Cavadini |Mary Healy |Thomas Weinandy

Church history is persistently a contentious affair, especially when it comes to debates about doctrine. From the Gnostics to the Modernists, these disputes get a lot of coverage in various histories of the Church. While our times have their own doctrinal disputes, we are faced with a pastoral crisis more than a dogmatic one. In the face of modernity, there is uncertainty about how to minister to those in the flock, those wandering from the flock, and those outside the flock.