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  • “Re-Oriented.”  Commonweal (December 4, 2009):  30.
  • “Sexual Vulnerability and a Spirituality of Suffering: Explorations in the Writing of Etty Hillesum.” 22 Pacifica:  Australasian Theological Studies (February, 2009):  75-89.
    For You I am a Bishop, With You I am a Christian”: The Office of Bishop in a Global Church.” Theology Digest (Fall, 2006): 203-15 [Because of editorial changes this journal is behind in its volume numbers. This essay was actually submitted in 2007 and did not appear until February, 2009].
     

 

  • "A New Council?  Reflections on the Future of the Church." In Selected Lectures:  The Most Reverend John McCarthy Lecture Series on the Catholic Church in the 21st Century.  Pp. 17-35. Austin:  St. Edward's University, 2009.
    "The Office of the Bishop within the Communio Ecclesiarum:  Insights from the Ecclesiology of Jean-Marie Tillard." Science et Esprit. 61 (Mai-Dec., 2009):  175-94.
  • “Laity, Theology of.” Entry in the Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, edited by Daniel Patte. New York: Cambridge University Press,forthcoming in 2008.
  • “On Church and Ministry.” A chapter forthcoming in Grace in Culture: The Theology of Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P A Festschrift honoring the retirement of Thomas O’Meara. Forthcoming in Notre Dame Press.
  • “The Perils and Possibilities of Faith-Based Voting.” Origins 38 (October 9, 2008): 277-86.
  • Catholicism and the New Atheism;  America (May 5th, 2008):  12-15.
  • “The Bishops' New Future.” Signatures (Fall, 2007):  11, 15.
  • “Catholicism and the New Atheism.” America (May 5th, 2008):  122-15.
  • "Imagining the Perfect Papal Vist.  National Catholic Reporter (March 7th, 2008).
  • “Between Reform & Rupture: The Council According to Benedict XVI.” Commonweal (October 12, 2007): 16-20.
  • “The Church of Christ and the Churches: Is the Vatican Retreating from Ecumenism?” America 197: 5 (August 27th, 2007): 17-20
  • “The Church as Domestic.” In The Many Marks of the Church. Edited by William Madges and Michael J. Daley, 119-23. Mystic: Twenty-Third Publications, 2006.
  • “The Theology Underlying Lay Ecclesial Ministry.” Origins 36 (July 20, 2006): 138-43.
  • “Accountability in the Church: Report from Chiapas.” New Theology Review 19 (2006): 33-45.
  • “Let’s Pray, Pay and Have Our Say!” U.S. Catholic 71:5 (May 2006): 18-20.
  • “Ecclesiological Perspectives on Church Reform.” In Church Ethics and its Organizational Context:Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church. Edited by Jean Bartunek, Mary Ann Hinsdale, and James F. Keenan, 57-68. Kansas City: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.
  • “In the Spirit of the Game.” U.S. Catholic 70 (December, 2005): 30-3.
  • “A Report Card on the Church: Forty Years After Vatican II.” Liguorian 93 (November, 2005): 8-13.
  • “The Ecclesiological Foundations of Modern Catholic Social Teaching.” Chapter in Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations. Edited by Kenneth Himes, 72-98. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.
  • “On the Theological Integrity of the Diaconate.” In Theology of the Diaconate: The State of the Question, 67-97. New York: Paulist Press, 2005. Also published as “Toward a Contemporary Theology of the Diaconate,” in Worship 79 (September, 2005): 419-38.
  • “Communion/Koinonia,” and “Ecclesiology and Spirituality” in New Westminster Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. Edited by Philip Sheldrake, 200-2;,259-61. London: SCM Press, 2005.
  • “Apologetics, Evangelization and Ecumenism Today.” Origins 35 (May 19, 2005): 9-15.
  • “When in Rome…” U.S. Catholic 70 (June, 2005): 10-15.
  • “Looking Ahead: My Hope for the Next Pope.” Commonweal 132 (April 22nd, 2005): 9-10.
  • “The Source of Authority: Discipleship.” Family Perspectives Journal 22 (February, 2005): 7.
  • “Who’s the Boss?” U.S. Catholic 70 (March 2005): 18-22.
  • “The Sacrament of Marriage: Three Dimensions of a Daring Vocation.” Liguorian 92 (May-June, 2004): 10-15.
  • “Mission and Ministry.” In Lay Ministry in the Catholic Church. Edited by Richard W. Miller II, 49-65. Liguori: Liguori Publications, 2005.
  • “What Can We Learn from Vatican II.” In The Catholic Church in the 21st Century. Edited by Michael J. Himes, 80-95. St. Louis: Liguori Publications, 2004.
  • “Do We Need a New(-er) Apologetics?” America 190 (February 2nd, 2004): 26-33.
  • “Sizing Up Our Hospitality.” In Faith Alive (November, 2003). • “Vatican II’s Liturgy Constitution: The Beginnings of a Liturgical Ecclesiology.” Origins 33 (October 30th, 2003): 347-52.
  • “Bringing Our Lives to the Table: Intentional Preparation for the Liturgy.” Liturgical Ministry. (Fall, 2003): 207-12.
  • “The Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry within an Ordered Communion.” In Ordering of the Baptismal Priesthood. Edited by Susan Wood, 26-51. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2003.
  • “Can Catholics Disagree with Church Teaching?” Liguorian (September, 2003): 10-14.
  • “Are Deacons the Answer?” Commonweal 130 (August 15, 2003): 22-4.
  • “Marital and Ecclesial Commitment.” America 189 (August 4-11, 2003): 8-11. • “Discovering ‘God’s Rhythms’: Nourishing Christian Spirituality in a Technological Culture.” New Theology Review 16 (February, 2003): 6-20.
  • “Fulfilling the Council’s Vision.” A series of short articles on the unfulfilled vision of the Second Vatican council authored to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the opening of the council. These articles were published in the Diocese of Toledo’s newspaper, Catholic Chronicle, (November 15th, November 30th, December 13th, December 20th….2002-03).
  • “Campus Ministry’s Mission to Address the University Itself.” Origins 32 (January 16, 2003): 507-12. [Re-printed under the title, “From the Heart of the Church to the Heart of the University,” in Crossroads (September, 2003): 1, 9-13]
  • “The Trinity is Not an Arithmetic Problem.” In Faith Alive (October, 2002).
  • “Embracing Loneliness in Marriage.” First Years and Forever 2 (September, 2002).
  • “The Ordinary Universal Magisterium: Unresolved Questions.” Theological Studies 63 (September, 2002): 447-71.
  • “Infallibility: What It Is—And Isn’t.” Liguorian 90 (July/August, 2002): 20-23.
  • “The Reception of Doctrine: New Perspectives .” In Authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Edited by Bernard Hoose, 95-114. London: Ashgate, 2002.
  • “The Selection of Bishops: Recovering the Enduring Values of Our Tradition.” Co-authored with John Huels. The Jurist 59 (1999): 348-76.
  • “What a Diocesan Synod Really Is.” Origins 31 (November 1, 2001): 355-60.
  • “Hearing the Word in the Power of the Spirit.” In Finding the Pulse of the Spirit Today [Proceedings of a Conference and Lecture Series to Celebrate the Year of the Holy Spirit in Preparation for the Christian Third Millennium], 48-65. Houston: Univ. of St. Thomas Center for Faith and Culture, 2001.
  • “Richard McCormick on the Moral Magisterium.” Louvain Studies 25 (2000): 348-62.
  • “Reflections on the Future of Papal Primacy.” New Theology Review 13 (November, 2000): 52-66.
  • “Learning from Marriage.” Commonweal (September 8, 2000): 18-21. [Re-printed in Our Family, (January, 2001); C21 Resources (Fall, 2007).]
  • “How Men Find God.” St. Anthony’s Messenger 108 (August, 2000): 12-18.
  • “To Teach of the Trinity.” Origins 30 (June 1, 2000): 40-4.
  • “Etty Hillesum: Suffering and Sexuality, Reflections on Passionate Living.” Spirituality 6 (May-June, 2000): 148-52.
  • “The New ‘E-Magisterium’.” America 182 (May 6, 2000): 7-9.
  • “Shifting Meanings in the Lay-Clergy Distinction.” Irish Theological Quarterly 64 (1999): 115-39.
  • “The Church as Sacrament: Towards an Ecclesial Spirituality.” The Way: Supplement (1999): 22-34.
  • “Ad tuendam fidem: An Emerging Pattern in Current Papal Teaching.” New Theology Review 12 (February, 1999): 43-51.
  • “A Time to Wait: An Advent Reflection.” Commonweal (December 4, 1998): 11-13. [Re-printed in Catholic Digest, December, 1999]
  • “Unity, Liberty, Charity.” America 177 (October 4, 1997): 19-25.
  • “‘Home Economics’ and the Household of God.” Family Perspectives Journal 14 (Fall, 1997): 1-4.
  • “Doing Liturgy in a Technological Age.” Worship 71 (September, 1997): 429-51.
  • “Church as Communion, Universal and Local.” Church 13 (Fall, 1997): 5-10.
  • “Recovering the Sacred Mystery: How to Connect Liturgy and Life.” Modern Liturgy 24:7 (September, 1997): 10-12 and 24:8 (October, 1997): 7-9.
  • “The Divine in Daily Life.” America (December 7, 1996): 7-12.
  • “Infallibility and the Ordination of Women.” Louvain Studies 21 (1996): 3-24.
  • “The Catholic Faith: The Limits and Scope of Pastoral Ministry.” Commonweal 123 (February 9, 1996): 14-18.
  • “Billot, Louis,” “De Fide,” “Franzelin, Johannes Baptist,” “Journet, Charles,” “Liberatore, Matteo,” “Manualists,” “Mersch, Emil,” “Mortalium Animos,” “Notes, Theological,” “Palmieri, Domenico,” “Passaglia, Carlo,” “Perrone, Giovanni,” “Petau, Denis,” “Rosmini-Serbati, Antonio,” “Scheeben, Matthias Joseph,” “Schrader, Klemens,” “Syllabus of Errors.” The Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Ed. Richard McBrien. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1995.
  • “Eclesiología de comunión y estructuras eclesiásticas. Hacia la renovación del ministerio episcopal.” Selecciones de Teología 34 (Abril-Junio 1995): 109-23.
  • “North American Culture and the Liturgical Life of the Church: The Separation of the Quests for Transcendence and Community.” Worship 68 (1994): 403-16.
  • “An Exercise of the Hierarchical Magisterium.” America (July 30, 1994): 19-22.
  • “The Eucharistic Ecclesiology of Nicolas Afanassieff: Prospects and Challenges for Contemporary Ecumenical Dialogue.” Diakonia 27 (January, 1994): 18-44.
  • “An Ecclesiology of Communion and Ecclesiastical Structures: Towards a Renewed Ministry of the Bishop.” Eglise et Théologie 24 (1993): 175-203.
  • “In Service of Communion: A Trinitarian Foundation for Christian Ministry.” Worship 67 (September, 1993): 418-3.
  • “Where to Find Inner Icon to Keep Primal Past Present?” National Catholic Reporter (November 23, 1990): 16.
  • “John A. Ryan, An Early Revisionist?” Journal of Religious Ethics 18 (Fall, 1990): 107-21.
  • “Can Orthodox Ethics Liberate? A Test Case for the Adequacy of an Eastern Ethic.” Horizons 17 (Spring, 1990): 60-75.
  • “Base Communities: Where Does the Parish Fit In?” Today's Parish 22 (January, 1990): 11-13.
  • “John Finnis and the Proportionalism Debate: A Critique of a Critique.” Louvain Studies 14 (Summer, 1989): 125-142.
  • “Communicating Sexual Values to Adolescents: A Program to Aid Parents.” (Co-authored with Mark Rist) PACE [Professional Approaches to Christian Education] 17 (1986): 26-30.
  • “Sacraments and Language.” Church 2 (Winter, 1986): 24-26.
  • “The Challenge of the Evangelicals.” Pastoral Life 34 (October, 1985): 2-5.