THE CRISIS OF LIBERAL CATHOLICISM A Commonweal Forum
Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
The Crisis of Liberal Catholicism A COMMONWEAL FORUM Introduction ¦ As part of our anniversary celebration, Commonweal has been reexamining some of the magazine's founding ideas, liberal...
...It was like being back in second grade: You could hear people thinking, "Uh-oh, what does he mean by that...
...As it happened I was at the liturgy...
...Even a few liberals...
...And so he did at a Commonweal Forum held on Wednesday, October 6,1999 at Loyola University (Chicago...
...Following a brief conversation after Mass, Cardinal George agreed to explain what he meant...
...Dionne, Jr...
...Generous support was provided to the forum by the Catholic Communication Campaign and the Lilly Endowment...
...The speeches and comments make up this special section...
...There came that now semi-famous moment when he said, "liberal Catholicism is an exhausted project...
...We look forward to the responses of our readers in continuing this important conversation...
...Commonweal 2 3 November 19, 1999...
...Drawings: Franklin McMahon...
...The forum was a sell-out event with more than three hundred people thoughtfully attending to the words of the cardinal, the second speaker, Peter Steinfels, and the three respondents, John Noo-nan, John T. McGreevy, and E.J...
...What's more, I was actually listening to his sermon...
...For more than a decade as editor of Commonweal, I have struggled along with my colleagues to examine and, when necessary, reframe the kind of questions we ask in linking the Catholic tradition with the American political and cultural scene in which liberal values continue to play the dominant role...
...The Crisis of Liberal Catholicism A COMMONWEAL FORUM Introduction ¦ As part of our anniversary celebration, Commonweal has been reexamining some of the magazine's founding ideas, liberal Catholicism being a central one...
...We were prodded along in our resolve by a sermon that soon-to-be Cardinal Francis George gave on January 17,1998 at Chicago's Old Saint Patrick's Church...
...Margaret O'Brien Steinfels The forum was sponsored by the Commonweal Foundation and Loyola University of Chicago...
...We are grateful for their assistance...
...Three hours later, everyone came out alive...
...The clarifications and criticisms of this forum have contributed greatly to that effort...
...There was a little buzz among the congregation, and then a little hum...
Vol. 126 • November 1999 • No. 20
