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Why We Need Graveyards

Dec 4, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Paul Lauritzen |Santiago Ramos |Vanessa R. Corcoran |Jonathan Malesic

I have always enjoyed walking in cemeteries. They can be places of serenity where it is possible to escape the noise of everyday life. But when I strolled through Montparnasse Cemetery in 2019, it was not as refuge from the hectic pace of a trip to Paris. My visit was, instead, a kind of pilgrimage to the final resting place of many important writers, including Samuel Beckett, Charles Baudelaire, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
The Bible and Marian Art

Dec 3, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Paul Lauritzen |Alexander Stern |Céire Kealty |Michael Peppard

“All generations shall call me blessed,” she correctly predicted in her famous song of prayer, the Magnificat (Luke 1:48). From late antiquity to the present, images of Mary during her miraculous pregnancy, cradling the infant Jesus, suffering at his death, praying at his Ascension, and being crowned heavenly queen have populated Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Whether wandering the countryside of Poland or Costa Rica, you will find her there.
A Place for Grief

Nov 27, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Paul Lauritzen |Charles McNamara |Stephen Pope |Regina Munch

I have always enjoyed walking in cemeteries. They can be places of serenity where it is possible to escape the noise of everyday life. But when I strolled through Montparnasse Cemetery in 2019, it was not as refuge from the hectic pace of a trip to Paris. My visit was, instead, a kind of pilgrimage to the final resting place of many important writers, including Samuel Beckett, Charles Baudelaire, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
One Year to Mourn

Jul 3, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Paul Lauritzen |Mathew Crawford |Charles McNamara |Stephen Pope

Interested in discussing this article in your classroom, parish, reading group, or Commonweal Local Community? Click here for a free discussion guide. In March 2022, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) announced a revision to its widely influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The revised manual, known as DSM-5-TR, included a new diagnostic category: prolonged grief disorder (PGD). The announcement ignited a firestorm of controversy.
Letter: Bulletproof vest?

Jun 10, 2024 | tucson.com | Paul Lauritzen

I intend to serve as a poll worker on November 5. Do you think I can borrow Laura Conover’s bulletproof vest? Paul LauritzenWest sideDisclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star. Video Player is loading. Current Time 0:00Duration -:-Remaining Time --:-Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. Respond: Write a letter to the editor | Write a guest opinion Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson.
Letter: Steller: Conover flip-flop marks first term

May 21, 2024 | tucson.com | Paul Lauritzen

I was a “former administration” prosecutor for 39 years. (150 jury trials; 2000 Grand Jurors advised; 0 bar complaints.)Tim Steller writes that Laura Conover’s flip flop Taylor marked her first term. What really marks her first term: Conover is the only Pima County Attorney to face State Bar diversion for serious conflict violations. From the beginning, Conover had a serious conflict: She believes that Taylor should be compensated and sought to exonerate him.
End-of-Life Dreams

Apr 12, 2023 | commonwealmagazine.org | Helene Stapinski |Luke Johnson |Paul Lauritzen |Santiago Ramos

In April 2018, my wife of thirty-eight years died from complications of ovarian cancer. During her three-year ordeal, it seemed that every twist and turn of the disease could be predicted by a lab value or framed in terms of a statistical probability. Right up until the end. In her last days, it was not blood work or vital signs that foretold her death. It was a dream. If that sounds strange, it is because our society mostly shuns death and consequently knows little about dying.