Word Magazine November 1966 Page 17-18 FIRST THINGS FIRST Fr. Richard L. Tinker St. Nicholas’ Cathedral, Brooklyn, New York A short time ago I was discussing religious education with a Roman Catholic priest. I have always felt that it is a good idea to shop around for ideas, moving on the assumption that someone else [...]
Word Magazine February 1995 Page 19-20 FOLLOWING THE SAINTS By Valerie G. Zahirsky What understanding, what attitude do our young people have about saints? It may be that their ideas are completely wrong, despite our efforts over the years to introduce them to individual saints and to the concept of sainthood in general. They may [...]
Word Magazine October 1977 Page 14 GETTING PARENTS INVOLVED Dr. John Boojamra One of the main complaints from both parish clergy and church school teachers is the almost total lack of parental involvement and the feeling that the work of the church school is not supported by the parents at home. Part of the problem [...]
Word Magazine March 1963 Page 8 “GO YE THEREFORE AND TEACH ALL NATIONS..” By Rev. Robert E. Lucas The Divine Commandment enjoins us all to teach others the faith of Christ. Many Orthodox Catholic parishes are just being made aware of their obligation to illucidate the principles of Orthodox Catholicity to their faithful. We have [...]
Word Magazine January 1984 Page 22-23 “LOOK AT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER!” by Rick A. Michaels When the Church was very young, when the death and resurrection and ascension of Jesus was fresh in the memory of His friends, and when the classical world was at the zenith of its power and influence, [...]
Word Magazine May 1978 Page 5-7/15 MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION By John L. Boojamra The family, regardless of its quality, is what we all have in common. The difficulty is compounded when we consider that in the rearing of children no one likes to be advised or told how to proceed. Added to the [...]
Word Magazine September 1966 Page 13/28 ORTHODOXY AND AMERICA By Very Rev. Alexander Schmemann Dean, Saint Vladimir Theological Seminary We may now return to Orthodoxy in America. All that I tried to say, ultimately, amounts to this: we should stop thinking of Orthodoxy in terms of America and begin to think of America in terms [...]