Reflect: Lift Every Voice — ‘The Black National Anthem’
Often referred to as "The Black National Anthem," Lift Every Voice and Sing was a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900.
CIR Welcomes New Archbishop of Louisville
We would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to Bishop Shelton Fabre, whom Pope Francis has named as the next Archbishop of Louisville.
Common Action: Kentucky Tornado Relief Resources
As we pray for those impacted by the devastating tornadoes in Kentucky, let us also join together in providing aid to those who are suffering.
Reflect: Maya Angelou’s ‘Mother, a Cradle to Hold Me’
"It is true; I was created in you. It is also true; That you were created for me."
Wisdom Wednesday: Julian Agyeman on ‘just’ sustainability
Environmental policy professor Julian Agyeman spoke about environmental equality and "just" sustainability at the 2014 Festival of Faiths, "Sacred Earth, Sacred Self."
Wisdom Wednesday: The spiritual meaning behind Islamic canonical prayer
Muslim theologian Dr. Ingrid Mattson leads an Islamic daily prayer at the 2017 Festival of Faiths.
Merton Monday: The peace of inner clarity
“In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace..."
Wisdom Wednesday: The principle of full spectrum leadership
"One of the major systems errors that we tend to make is thinking that we are apart from rather than a part of nature,” Nina Simons says, adding: “We ourselves are natural systems embedded within nature, so the same laws and rules that govern nature actually govern us.”
Merton Monday: On happiness and harmony
Thomas Merton's thoughts on happiness from "No Man Is an Island."
Reflect: Thomas Merton on Easter Sunday, 1948
"Easter is like what it will be entering eternity when you suddenly, peacefully, clearly recognize all your mistakes as well as all that you did well: everything falls into place."