Editor’s Note: Oh, the places we go
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Digital Archiveby Abigail Pesta ’91
Going to jail was not in John Cord’s retirement plan, but neither was becoming a deacon, a role that calls him to unexpected, emotional encounters.
by Michael Gianunzio ’76J.D.
A retired attorney-turned-DJ testifies to his career’s trials and triumphs.
by Cheng Wang
Decades of living between cultures inspires a journeyman’s exploration of roots and a meditation on identity.
by Patrick Gallagher ’83
Prolific theologian (and home brewer) William Cavanaugh ’84 offers a Eucharistic antidote to the false idolatries and disunities of an all-consuming culture.
by Chris Chiappinelli
I resisted my wife’s wish for an escape to the mountains out of professional obligation. Then we won the John Muir Trail lottery and climbed to new elevations of body and soul.
by Andrew Santella
We’re taught young the imperative of persistence and completion, the importance of knitting up life’s fragments. To what end?
by John Nagy ’00M.A.
A dancer whose too-short life was a prayer to share the beauty of her art performs something of a healing miracle in death: inspiring a rare new, original ballet in her memory.
by Mel Livatino
by Joseph Hope
by Kevin Fenton
by Zach Przystup ’08
by Steve Reifenberg ’81
by Erin Buckley ’08