| Correspondence | 642 |
| Cahill, Thomas & McTAGGART, BILL & HEANEY, R. P. & McHUGH, ALBERT & McCREA, JIM & Egan, Eileen | |
| Editorials | 643 |
| Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien | |
| Oh, to be a Hoosier: | 646 |
| Jr, David R Carlin | |
| Women who step forward: | 647 |
| McCarthy, Abigail | |
| The future of Thomas Merton: | 649 |
| Shannon, William H | |
| Poetry: | 651 |
| Merton, Thomas | |
| Playing out the patterns of sin & grace: | 652 |
| Breslin, John B | |
| Screen: | 656 |
| O'Brien, Tom | |
| Critics' choices for Christmas: | 658 |
| Editors, Jane Howard, Andrew Sullivan, Emilie Griffin, Michael Dorris, Dan Wakefield, Diane Apostolo |
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