Suffering: The Stauros Notebook
 
Suffering is a quarterly publication of Stauros USA
 
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 Louise Dickey

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Author: Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: Prayer CD
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: South Cross
 Description: A Celtic Cross from Castle Dermot in Kildare provides for an artistic reflection on Celtic Spirituality.

Author: David Anderson Winter, 2001 Volume 20 Number 4
 Title: Images of Suffering: Cupid Chastised
 Description: A troubling work of art steeped in sexual overtones.

Author: David Anderson Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2
 Title: Images of Suffering
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Author: David Anderson Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3
 Title: Images of Suffering
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Author: David Anderson Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4
 Title: Conflicting Images of Suffering: William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Author: David Anderson Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: Image of Suffering
 Description: Two contrasting images are presented a sculpture of the rape of Orithyia, and a black-and-white photograph of a shoeless young woman in an asylum in Ohio.

Author: David Anderson Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: Images of Suffering
 Description: A photo by Dorothea Lange captures the resignation mixed with defiance in a Japanese grandfather awaiting transport to a detention camp during World War II. The injustice should be a reminder in todays political climate.

Author: David Anderson Winter, 2003 Volume 22 Number 4
 Title: Images of Suffering
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Author: David Anderson Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: Images of Suffering - Ex-Votos: The Little Miracles of Mexican Folk Art
 Description: A series of sketches and paintings illustrate the ways in which poor Mexicans express their gratitude to God for blessings and miracles.

Author: David Anderson Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: Images of Suffering
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Author: David Anderson Autumn, 2004 Volume 23 Number 3
 Title: Images of Suffering
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Author: David Anderson Winter, 2004 Volume 23 Number 4
 Title: Images of Suffering
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: Images of Suffering
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: Images Through Suffering
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: Images of Suffering
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: Images of Suffering
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Spring, 2006 Volume 25 Number 1
 Title: Prayer at Work
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Author: David Anderson Summer, 2006 Volume 25 Number 2
 Title: Images of Suffering
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Autumn, 2006 Volume 25 Number 3
 Title: Images of Suffering
 Description:

Author: David Anderson Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title: Children
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Author: David Anderson Summer, 2007 Volume 26 Number 2
 Title: The Sick Child
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Author: David Anderson Autumn, 2007 Volume 26 Number 3
 Title: Images of Suffering: Art Medicine
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Author: David Anderson Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title: Faith Healing: Two Views
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Author: David Anderson Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: Ladders
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Author: Tom Andrews Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: Praying with George Herbert in Late Winter
 Description: A poem.



Author: Catherine Asomugha, MSHR Summer, 1997 Volume 16 Number 2
 Title: Reflecting on The Gospel of Mark - a Gospel of Suffering in Contemporary Context
 Description: A contemporary reflection on the Gospel of Mark a Gospel of Suffering as written by Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF

Author: Chandler Barnes Autumn, 2007 Volume 26 Number 3
 Title: Healer, Chaplain, Cheerleader
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Author: Patricia Baumer Autumn, 2006 Volume 25 Number 3
 Title: Where is Gilead?
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Author: Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title: The Prayers
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Author: Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title: Jesus Healing
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Author: Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title: The Committal
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Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2
 Title: For Sophie, Bald in Church
 Description: A poem on suffering and faith.

Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: Popular Reading and the Failure to Confront Suffering
 Description: A review of popular religiosity and its understanding of suffering as portrayed in Tuesday's with Morrie.

Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: Cuba: 1979
 Description: This poet writes of a woman trying to live and raise her daughter in post-Revolution Cuba.

Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: On His Seventieth Birthday
 Description: A poetic celebration of a friend’s aging and growth through pain and trial.

Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: Poems
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Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: The Eucharist
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Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: The Peace
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Author: Marie Beha Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: Suffering Taught me your Way
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Author: Lissa Romell and Dara Behzadi Fall, 1996 Volume 15 Number 3
 Title: Reflection on "Little Pieces of Light"
 Description: A reflection on "Little Pieces of Light" by Joyce Rupp



Author: Judy M. Benson Jul/Aug, 1985 Volume 4 Number 4
 Title: Independence
 Description: A disability rights activist looks at independence in America.

Author: Judy M. Benson Jan/Feb, 1990 Volume 9 Number 1
 Title: With Love
 Description: A tribute to Flavian Dougherty, CP, one of the founders and first Director of Stauros.



Author: Linda Bernard Autumn, 2007 Volume 26 Number 3
 Title: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
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Author: Thomas Berry, CP Jan/Feb, 1989 Volume 8 Number 1
 Title: Why Have You Abandoned Me?
 Description: An ecologist looks at the ecological age and our responsibilities.



Author: Roy Blumhorst and Chris Williams Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: The Experience of Suffering: Theological Lessons
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Author: Marian Reiss Bopp Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: Take, Drink, This is my Blood
 Description: A mother recalls her son's death from cancer and the beauty of his Buddhist wife's love and service.



Author: Antoinette Bosco Spring, 1995 Volume 14 Number 1
 Title: The Pummeled Heart, Finding Peace through Pain
 Description: A poignant account of incredible suffering & the author's response to it.



Author: Bob Bossie Summer, 1996 Volume 15 Number 2
 Title: Violence... examining the stages of violence
 Description: The first of two articles on violence - the stages, the struggles, and spiral.



Author: Rose Bradshaw Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: "Father Joe" by Joe Hendra
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Author: Ann J. Brady Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: Jacaranda
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Author: Dr. Paul Brand Jul/Aug, 1982 Volume 1 Number 4
 Title: Pain
 Description: One of the world's foremost experts on pain addresses several aspects of this topic.



Author: Joel Bregman Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: Ruminations on Suffering
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Author: Fr. Pat Brennen, C.P. Christmas, 1999 Volume 18 Number 4
 Title: Second Chance... the reflections of a Passionist
 Description: A gift of new life and the meaning of the Passion, brotherhood, and a life of love.



Author: Manuel Bretscher Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: Bless the Lord, O My Soul
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Author: Joyce Bries Autumn, 2004 Volume 23 Number 3
 Title: Big Girls Do Cry
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Author: Janet Bristow Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: Mantles of Love
 Description: Two women discover the healing embrace of a hand-made shawl, and they turn it into a ministry for those who are suffering or in pain.



Author: Herbert Brokering Autumn, 2006 Volume 25 Number 3
 Title: Hymns for Worship
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Author: James Brooks Winter, 2006 Volume 25 Number 4
 Title: Thank You Father
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Author: MaryBeth Bushman Summer, 2008 Volume 27 Number 2
 Title: Lessons of Courage in Suffering
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Author: Robert Busse Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: Suffering
 Description:



Author: C.S.E. Cooney Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: A Poem in Honor of a Victim of Abuse
 Description: A tender poem speaks of how ones body holds abuse but also peace and serenity.



Author: Lauren Marie Calie Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: The Way She Grieves
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Author: Arthur Carrillo Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: Theological Ambiguities of Suffering
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Author: Maco Cassetta Winter, 2003 Volume 22 Number 4
 Title: Dance of Anger
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Author: Umapathi R. Cattamanchi Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title: Suffering and Healing in the Hindu Tradition
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Author: Richard Cheri Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: Hurricane Katrina
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Author: M. Thaddine Chopp Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Prayerful Theology for Life
 Description: Connects prayer and suffering from the perspective of an eigthty-seven year journey celebrating life.



Author: Ave Clark, O.P., M.A., M.S., M.P.S. Winter, 1992 Volume 11 Number 1
 Title: Fragile Roses
 Description: A survivor of childhood sexual abuse offers guidelines for reclaiming life.



Author: Christopher Cleary, CP May/Jun, 1985 Volume 4 Number 3
 Title: Case Study in Uptown
 Description: A reflection on ministry with Cambodian refugees.



Author: Avis Clendenen Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2
 Title: Reflections on the Geology of Loss
 Description: Explores the faul lines and the ground on which we experience the mystery of loss and grief.



Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Nov/Dec, 1990 Volume 9 Number 6
 Title: Endings... Beginnings
 Description: Introducing a new Director and a recommitment to the mission of Stauros.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Winter, 1991 Volume 10 Number 1
 Title: A Life-Giving Place
 Description: A look at Genesis House, where street women are able to make changes in their lives.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Fall, 1991 Volume 10 Number 4
 Title: Voices
 Description: The personal stories of three persons with AIDS presented in a loving and non-judgmental way.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Christmas, 1991 Volume 10 Number 5
 Title: What is Stauros?
 Description: Description of the history, mission and ministry of Stauros, U.S.A.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Spring, 1993 Volume 12 Number 2
 Title: Does a Good and Loving God Really Permit Evil?
 Description: Review of viewpoints of several theologians on this often asked question.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Summer, 1994 Volume 13 Number 3
 Title: Chords of Dissonance or Harmony
 Description: Reflections on Suffering.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Fall, 1995 Volume 14 Number 3
 Title: Access to the Land: Beginning of the Dream
 Description: An overview of preparations & itinerary for the 4th Israel Bible Study Program for Persons with Disabilities.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Winter, 1995 Volume 14 Number 4
 Title: Access to the Land: Fulfillment of the Dream
 Description: Reflections of the Israel program participants.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Spring, 1996 Volume 15 Number 1
 Title: Fresh Paths for Stauros
 Description: An overview of the mission, ministry and goals of Stauros.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Spring, 1996 Volume 15 Number 1
 Title: Executive Director's Column
 Description: Message from the Executive Director of Stauros about Notebook Changes

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Summer, 1996 Volume 15 Number 2
 Title: Editor's Notes to Volume 15 Number 2
 Description: A list of resources for violence prevention and an announcement of a book

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Christmas, 1996 Volume 15 Number 4
 Title: A Time for Remembering
 Description: Tribute to Flavian Dougherty, CP.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Spring, 1997 Volume 16 Number 1
 Title: Integrating Technology to Enhance Mission
 Description: Stauros planned use of emerging technology to enhance its mission is explained.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Summer, 1997 Volume 16 Number 2
 Title: The Gospel of Mark - a Gospel of Suffering
 Description: An examination of Mark's Gospel and how it fits into the suffering of our time.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Summer, 1998 Volume 17 Number 2
 Title: Journeying through Twenty-five Years with Stauros
 Description: Reflections of various participants in the first 25 years of Stauros.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Spring, 1999 Volume 18 Number 1
 Title: Reflection, Women and Suffering
 Description: A reflection on Gypsy Womanand His Name Shall Be Called Noahfrom Volume 18 Number 1.

Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF Christmas, 1999 Volume 18 Number 4
 Title: Farewell from Sr. Ardis
 Description: A farewell letter from Sr. Ardis to her friends at Stauros.



Author: Lauretha Cobb Winter, 2004 Volume 23 Number 4
 Title: The Cry of Tamar: Violence Against Women
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Author: Jim Corbett Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: Excerpt from Goatwalking
 Description: A poem.



Author: Soozie Cotter-Schaufele Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: Music "Therapray"
 Description: Music and the spiritual access that it can provide to those with severe and chronic illness is explored in this reflection by a music therapist.



Author: Bernie Curran Winter, 1991 Volume 10 Number 1
 Title: Spotlight
 Description: A spotlight series on some of Stauros Board of DIrectors.

Author: Bernie Curran Spring, 1997 Volume 16 Number 1
 Title: Violence Need Not Be Self Perpetuating
 Description: A reflection on the root causes of violence and prevalence of violence as well as some solutions to the problem.

Author: Bernie Curran Fall, 1999 Volume 18 Number 3
 Title: Welcome to Larry Huiras
 Description: An introduction to Stauros' new Executive Director.

Author: Bernie Curran Spring, 2000 Volume 19 Number 1
 Title: "Jesu By That Shuddering Dread Which Fell on Thee"
 Description: A personal reflection on the suffering of loss and survival.



Author: James D. Davidson and Dean R. Hoge Winter, 2004 Volume 23 Number 4
 Title: Catholics After the Scandal
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Author: Mary DeCock Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: A Dystopian Reflection on Diminishment
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Author: Kasey DeWitt Summer, 2008 Volume 27 Number 2
 Title: A Mother's Death and a Daughter's Resolve
 Description:



Author: Louise Dickey Spring, 2009 Volume 28 Number 2
 Title: Book Review: God & Human Suffering, by Douglas John Hall
 Description:



Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Mar/Apr, 1982 Volume 1 Number 2
 Title: Sacrifice
 Description: A fresh look at "sacrifice."

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Sep/Oct, 1982 Volume 1 Number 5
 Title: Where was God Last Night?
 Description: A Christian reflection on "When Bad Things Happen to Good People."

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Jan/Feb, 1984 Volume 3 Number 1
 Title: Institutionalized Suffering
 Description: A timely report on Latin America and human rights.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP May/Jun, 1984 Volume 3 Number 3
 Title: Telling It Like It Is!
 Description: Disabled activists discuss their experience with churches and synagogues.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Jul/Aug, 1984 Volume 3 Number 4
 Title: The Pope on Suffering
 Description: A look at the Pope's letter "On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering."

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Nov/Dec, 1984 Volume 3 Number 6
 Title: "No Room For Them..."
 Description: Linking the mystery of Christmas with the reality of homelessness.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Jan/Feb, 1985 Volume 4 Number 1
 Title: Prostitution
 Description: A street minister reflects on the value of the person from his experiences in the city.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Mar/Apr, 1985 Volume 4 Number 2
 Title: Life! More Abundantly
 Description: How a rehabilitation hospital community turns shame and loss into life.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Sep/Oct, 1985 Volume 4 Number 5
 Title: Love Never Gives Up...
 Description: Reflections from the annual conference for the developmentally disabled.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Jul/Aug, 1986 Volume 5 Number 4
 Title: Promises, Promises
 Description: Reflections on promises made by and to people, and God's promises to all humanity.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Sep/Oct, 1986 Volume 5 Number 5
 Title: Spirituality
 Description: Models of spirituality are seen in people with disabilities and those who love them.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Sep/Oct, 1987 Volume 6 Number 5
 Title: "God, Look at These People"
 Description: The homeless & their advocates speak at the Stauros Congress at the UN.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Nov/Dec, 1987 Volume 6 Number 6
 Title: 'Accessing' the Holy Land
 Description: Reflections on the first Stauros Israel program for persons with disabilities.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Jan/Feb, 1988 Volume 7 Number 1
 Title: When a Baby Dies
 Description: A Christian reflection on the tragedy of infant death and the grief which follows.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Mar/Apr, 1988 Volume 7 Number 2
 Title: Dissenters
 Description: A story of modern-day dissenters and reflections on Jesus as their role model.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP May/Jun, 1988 Volume 7 Number 3
 Title: "...a kind of violence they never knew."
 Description: The story of three Passionist priests, one a martyr, who worked in the mountains of Mindanao in the Philippines.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Sep/Oct, 1988 Volume 7 Number 5
 Title: Cry for Justice
 Description: An examination of inclusion of disabled people in the life of the Church.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Mar/Apr, 1989 Volume 8 Number 2
 Title: Friends
 Description: The deaths of two beloved Passionists occasion an intimate reflection on friendship.

Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP Nov/Dec, 1989 Volume 8 Number 6
 Title: Triumph in Israel
 Description: A poignant account of the Israel Bible Study program for persons with disabilities.



Author: Dougherty, Flavian, & Hennessy, Augustine Sep/Oct, 1984 Volume 3 Number 5
 Title: Manipulation
 Description: Reflections on personal and institutional manipulation of the powerless in society.



Author: Rosemary Dowd, RSCJ Jan/Feb, 1982 Volume 1 Number 1
 Title: The Church and the International Year of Disabled Persons
 Description: Personal testimonies of disabled persons on promoting full participation" for all.

Author: Rosemary Dowd, RSCJ Spring, 1997 Volume 16 Number 1
 Title: Response to "Violence Need Not Be Self Perpetuating"
 Description: A response to "Violence Need not be Self Perpetuating" by Bernie Curran



Author: Tom Droege Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3
 Title: In Need of Care
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Author: Hans G. Dumpys Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: The Experience of Suffering
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Author: Manal El-Hrisse Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1
 Title: On Being a Muslim American: A Dream in Jeopardy
 Description: The story of a young American Muslim and how 911 has changed their view of the American dream.



Author: Jean Bethke Elshtain Nov/Dec, 1985 Volume 4 Number 6
 Title: Powerless Women
 Description: Have women been powerless or powerful in human history?



Author: Adriana Escarpita Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: A Dirty Mexican
 Description: Incidents of racism and hatred against Adriana and her family have marked her life and prompted her to work harder for rights and equality in the Latino community.



Author: Fais Ahmed Fais Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1
 Title: When Autumn Came
 Description: A poem of Autumn's dyings.



Author: Peter Faur Winter, 2003 Volume 22 Number 4
 Title: Religious Persecution
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Author: Amy L. Florian Fall, 1999 Volume 18 Number 3
 Title: The Greatest Memory
 Description: Re-membering the story of finding hope in the lost memories the are remembered in the re-membering.

Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: A Review of The Lessons of Love by Melodie Beattie
 Description: A book review critical of the lessons learned by Melodie Beattie.

Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Theologies of Experience
 Description: Opening editorial comments to the Summer 2001 issue, "The Theology of Prayer

Author: Amy L. Florian Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: Scent of a Burnt Rose by Louis Cloutier
 Description: A review of the music of Louis Cloutier as presented in her CD Scent of a Burnt Rose: Songs for People in Recovery and/or Living with Chronic Illness.

Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2001 Volume 20 Number 4
 Title: My Brother, Myself
 Description: Examines social and Catholic stereotypes about homosexuals from the perspective of a straight sibling.

Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2
 Title: Crucible of Death and Grief
 Description: Opening editorial comments for an issue on "Faithfully Facing Death"

Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: Editorial Comments - To Walk Without Fear
 Description: Women are vulnerable targets in our society, and increasingly the threat is spreading to boys and children. The editor believes we need to defend all those who are victimized so everyone may someday walk without fear.

Author: Amy L. Florian Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description: As she takes over this new job, the executive director gives several ways to be involved with Stauros U.S.A.

Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2003 Volume 22 Number 4
 Title: From the Executive Director
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Author: Amy L. Florian Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: From the Director
 Description: This report on Stauros activities includes a report on a series of successful events, a listing of ways to be involved, and acknowledgement of the communal power of compassion.

Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: From the Executive Director
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Author: Amy L. Florian Autumn, 2004 Volume 23 Number 3
 Title: I Hate Surgery
 Description:

Author: Amy L. Florian Autumn, 2004 Volume 23 Number 3
 Title: From the Executive Director
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Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2004 Volume 23 Number 4
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description:

Author: Amy L. Florian Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description:

Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description:

Author: Amy L. Florian Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: From the Executive Director
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Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Spring, 2006 Volume 25 Number 1
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description:

Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2006 Volume 25 Number 2
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description:

Author: Amy L. Florian Autumn, 2006 Volume 25 Number 3
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2006 Volume 25 Number 4
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2007 Volume 26 Number 2
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Autumn, 2007 Volume 26 Number 3
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title:
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Author: Amy L. Florian Summer, 2008 Volume 27 Number 2
 Title: From The Executive Director
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Author: Amy L. Florian Winter, 2008 Volume 27 Number 4
 Title: Lessons from the Rearview Mirror
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Author: Michael Fortune Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: The Glowworm's Patience
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Author: Fr. Richard Frechette, C.P. Summer, 1999 Volume 18 Number 2
 Title: Where Are God's Eyes?
 Description: A story from the field of the effects of hurricane Mitch on the people of Honduras.



Author: Capers C. Funnye, Jr. Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: Wasn't It Enough to Be Black? Did You Have to Become Jewish, Too?
 Description: An intellectual and religious search through his young adult life led this black man to not only embrace Judaism but to become a Rabbi. He muses at the mix of opinions, racism, and ignorance that face him on a regular basis, yet is grateful for the growin



Author: Aasi Ghulam-Haider Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: Prayer as Healing: An Islamic Perspective
 Description: A view of holistic prayer as foundational to medical practice.



Author: Richard B. Gilbert Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: Suffering in Healthcare when Healthcare is Suffering
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Author: Malcolm Gillespie Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: A Book Worth Reading
 Description: A reading suggestion from a reader for the book "An Echo of Heaven" by the nobel prise winning author.



Author: Peter Gilmour Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: The Ambiguity of Maybe: A Memoir
 Description: An anecdotal first person account of suffering, faith based healthcare, and faith.

Author: Peter Gilmour Winter, 2003 Volume 22 Number 4
 Title: American Catholicism: A People Adrift by Peter Steinfels and The Coming Catholic Church by David Gibson
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Author: Peter Gilmour Autumn, 2006 Volume 25 Number 3
 Title: We Sang for My Father
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Author: John D. Godsey Summer, 1995 Volume 14 Number 2
 Title: Dietrich Bonhoeffer On Suffering
 Description: Timely reflections on Bonhoeffer's theology of suffering.



Author: Rosemary D. Gooden, Ph.D. Spring, 2000 Volume 19 Number 1
 Title: A Black Theology of Suffering
 Description: Suffering theology as experienced and understood from a black feminist perspective.



Author: Gwen Gotsch Summer, 2007 Volume 26 Number 2
 Title: “They’s One Way”
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Author: Carl Grapentine Summer, 2006 Volume 25 Number 2
 Title: Music & Suffering
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Author: Dominic J. Grassi Winter, 2006 Volume 25 Number 4
 Title: How A Parish Healed Me
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Author: Adela Gross, O.S.F. Summer, 1996 Volume 15 Number 2
 Title: Violence... the response to violence
 Description: A reflection on two articles on violence by Bob Bossie and Delores Lytle.



Author: Don Grossnickle Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: Wilderness Fly-in: Paradise Found
 Description:

Author: Don Grossnickle Winter, 2008 Volume 27 Number 4
 Title: From The Executive Director
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Author: Don Grossnickle Winter, 2008 Volume 27 Number 4
 Title: New Beginnings
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Author: Don Grossnickle Spring, 2009 Volume 28 Number 2
 Title: The Power of Good Friends
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Author: Monica Gurreri Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: You Don't Act Black
 Description: Daughter of a Ugandan father and German mother and now married to a Sicilian man, this woman has lived with the Just what are you? question throughout her life. She believes her children are facing into questions of color and identity with more grace and



Author: Ron Hamel Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Caring for the Suffering in the Shadow of the Cross: Faith Based Healthcare
 Description: An article that takes seriously the implications of faith for faith based healthcare.



Author: Kathy Hantel Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: A Child at Dawn: The Healing of a Memory
 Description: A Child at Dawn is a thought-provoking book written by a mother whose son died of a congenital heart defect a week after birth. It prompted Ms. Hantel, a perinatal nurse, both to revisit the experience of her own newborn son’s death in ord



Author: Inamul Haq Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4
 Title: Faith and Suffering in Islam
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Author: Virginia Harrison Jul/Aug, 1983 Volume 2 Number 4
 Title: Pain, Anguish, Suffering and 'Marginal Life'.
 Description: A disabled biologist reflects on these important issues.



Author: Dr. Stanley M. Hauerwas, PhD. Sep/Oct, 1983 Volume 2 Number 5
 Title: Eliminating People Who Suffer?
 Description: An ethicist speaks on mentally disabled persons and society's dilemma.



Author: Matthew Haumann, MHM Mar/Apr, 1987 Volume 6 Number 2
 Title: International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
 Description: A description of some of the causes and effects of homelessness and poverty in Nairobi, Kenya.



Author: Robert Hausman Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: Dying in Community
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Author: Diana Hayes Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4
 Title: Spirituality in Transition: Trouble Don’t Last Always
 Description:



Author: Marcia Hermansen Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title: Suffering: An Islamic Perspective
 Description:



Author: Lou Ella Hickman Summer, 2008 Volume 27 Number 2
 Title: Poem
 Description:



Author: Jean Higgins Winter, 1993 Volume 12 Number 1
 Title: The Feminine Image of God in Shusako Endo
 Description: A Japanese author's outlook on suffering, on Jesus' sufferings, on God's love as maternal.

Author: James M. Hill Autumn, 2007 Volume 26 Number 3
 Title: A Place for Spirituality in the Treatment of Mental Illness
 Description:



Author: Tom Holmes Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title: Learning To Pray
 Description:



Author: Frederic M. Hudson Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3
 Title: Alzheimer’s Chronicles
 Description:



Author: Larry J. Huiras Christmas, 1999 Volume 18 Number 4
 Title: Christmas Appeal 1999
 Description: 1999 Christmas appeal letter to the friends of Stauros.

Author: Larry J. Huiras Spring, 2000 Volume 19 Number 1
 Title: Stauros Happenings 2000
 Description: Chronicle notes to the Spring 2000 issue from the executive director.

Author: Larry J. Huiras Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2
 Title: Stauros News Update 2000
 Description: Chronicle notes to the Summer 2000 issue from the executive director.

Author: Larry J. Huiras Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: New Notebook Style Debuts
 Description: Chronicle notes on the new format of the Stauros Notebook begun Autumn 2000.

Author: Larry J. Huiras Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Access to the Land 2000
 Description: A chronicle of the 2000 Access to the Land trip.

Author: Larry J. Huiras Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: Shop 'till You Drop!
 Description: A chronicle of Stauros' on line web shopping portal that raises money for Stauros without costing the shopper a cent.

Author: Larry J. Huiras Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Notebooks Online!
 Description: An anouncement from the executive director announcing the availability of the Stauros Notebook archives online, made possible by a grant from the ACTA Foundation of Chicago.

Author: Larry J. Huiras Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: Until We Meet Again . . .
 Description: A farewell column from Larry J. Huiras, Executive Director of Stauros USA



Author: Carol Frances Jegen Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: The Cross Scriptural Symbols/Metaphors for Meaning
 Description: A scriptural understanding of the central nature of the cross to our understanding of faith's meaning.



Author: Rev. Leroy B. Joesten Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: Suffering's Inevitable Ambiguity
 Description: An article on ambiguity from the perspective of a hospital chaplain's experience in a large urban hospital.



Author: Joy - a teenager Spring, 1992 Volume 11 Number 2
 Title: Joy's Story
 Description: A revealing first person account of a teenager who attempted suicide.

Author: Jackie Jungemann Summer, 2008 Volume 27 Number 2
 Title: Uplift Ministry
 Description:



Author: Doralee Grindler Katonah Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: The Cry of the Spirit
 Description: A woman's view of the healing power of prayer.



Author: Tom Keevey Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Suffering in Literature
 Description: A readers response to the review of Tuesdays with Morrie entitled, "Popular Reading and the Failure to Confront Suffering," by Jill Baumgaertner



Author: Pastor Phyllis Kersten Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: Safe Now in God's Hands
 Description: A homily for those who have experienced the lost of a child.



Author: Barbara Kindelsperger Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: The Strength to Stand
 Description: The experience of prayer is related by a cancer patient.

Author: Breda & Feargal King Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: Celtic Spirituality: A Lens on Suffering
 Description: Provides a Celtic view of suffering as an integral part of life and creation.



Author: Feargal King Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: Journey's End
 Description: Song text of a song by Feargal King



Author: Carol Kirykowicz Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: Christmas: Presents and Presence
 Description: In her struggle with leukemia, a Carol learns to accept, tolerate, and even learn from her pain.

Author: Carol Kirykowicz Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: Doubt, Faith and the Story of Thomas
 Description:



Author: Ann Kleine-Kracht, M.Ed., R.N. Summer, 1991 Volume 10 Number 3
 Title: Healing the Healers
 Description: Focuses on relieving the special suffering of caregivers.



Author: Margaret Mary Knittel Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: A Theological Reflection
 Description:



Author: Gayle Kopin Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Rememberance: Foundation for Prayer, Cause for Hope
 Description: Explores the personal relationship between bereavment and prayer as a spitituality of Jewish remembrance and hope.



Author: Rev. Nancy J. Lane Spring, 1991 Volume 10 Number 2
 Title: Spotlight
 Description: A spotlight series on some of Stauros Board of DIrectors.

Author: Rev. Nancy J. Lane Summer, 1993 Volume 12 Number 3
 Title: A Spirituality of Being: Women with Disabilities
 Description: An Episcopalian priest who has a disability explores the empowerment of story, on learning to Become.

Author: Rev. Nancy J. Lane Spring, 1995 Volume 14 Number 1
 Title: Response to "The Pummeled Heat"
 Description: A reflective response to "The Pummeled Heat" by Antoinette Bosco



Author: Nancy Upson Lane Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: Living with Disability: A Critique of Language
 Description: A reader and former Stauros board member reminds us of the use of language as a tool of marginalization.



Author: Robert N. Lifton, M.D. May/Jun, 1982 Volume 1 Number 3
 Title: Numbing, a Modern Temptation
 Description: Coping personally with the nuclear threat.



Author: Phoebe M. Love Winter, 2008 Volume 27 Number 4
 Title: Joy in the Morning
 Description:



Author: Robert A. Ludwig Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title: The Two Faces of Suffering
 Description:



Author: Sr. Dolores Lytle, CSA Summer, 1996 Volume 15 Number 2
 Title: Violence... the struggle to overcome violence
 Description: The second of two articles on violence - the stages, the struggles, and spiral.

Author: Sebastian MacDonald Nov/Dec, 1989 Volume 8 Number 6
 Title: Christmas Message
 Description: A Christmas greeting and fist news of Flavians illness.

Author: Sebastian MacDonald, CP Summer, 1991 Volume 10 Number 3
 Title: Spotlight
 Description: A spotlight series on some of Stauros Board of DIrectors.

Author: Sebastian MacDonald, CP Summer, 1995 Volume 14 Number 2
 Title: Response to "Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Suffering"
 Description: A theological response to "Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Suffering" by J. D. Godsey



Author: Fr. Sebastian MacDonald, C.P. Spring, 2000 Volume 19 Number 1
 Title: Suffering: Theological Reflections on Its Nature and Substance
 Description: A theological reflection on the fundamental nature of the mystery we call suffering.



Author: Rev. Sebastian MacDonald, C.P. Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: On Revisiting the Hospital
 Description: A response to Peter Gilmour's article on faith based healthcare.



Author: Sebastian MacDonald Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Cross-energy: Living with Death
 Description: Understanding death and the cross as bridges to new life.



Author: Rev. Sebastian MacDonald, C.P. Spring, 2009 Volume 28 Number 2
 Title: Good Suffering
 Description:



Author: Naomi Mahler and James Mahler Winter, 2006 Volume 25 Number 4
 Title: Sufrimiento
 Description:



Author: Jean Marchant Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: I Hug Her With My Eyes
 Description: A devoted mother discovers her husband is having sex with his patients and later finds out he was also abusing their two young daughters. One daughter received counseling and healed, but the younger one may never be whole.



Author: Molly Marshall Fall, 1997 Volume 16 Number 3
 Title: The Suffering and Death of Humanity
 Description: An effective attempt to reconcile belief in a powerful & loving God with suffering and death.

Author: Molly Marshall Christmas, 1997 Volume 16 Number 4
 Title: The Pursuits of Humanity, Culture & Community
 Description: An examination of the role of our work, the influence of technology and the vital function of community in our lives.



Author: Dorthea Marth Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: I have dreams...
 Description:



Author: Hugh McElwain Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: Faith and Doubt: A Theology of Suffering
 Description:

Author: Hugh McElwain Autumn, 2006 Volume 25 Number 3
 Title: Liturgy and Suffering
 Description:



Author: Dr. Arthur McGill Mar/Apr, 2004 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: Letting Go of Walls
 Description: Vulnerability and the "letting go of walls" exemplified in Jesus in his suffering.



Author: Robert M. McGowen Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Images of Suffering: Can You Drink the Cup?
 Description: Images of suffering features a wood cut by Robert M. McGowen entitled, "Can You Drink the Cup?"



Author: Sue Midolo - a native of Gzira, Malta Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2
 Title: Women's Meaning Making: The Suffering of Being
 Description: The meaning of suffering from the perspective of a woman from Malta.



Author: Amata Miller, IHM, Ph.D. Spring, 1991 Volume 10 Number 2
 Title: Cost Behind the Crisis
 Description: The impact of the Gulf War on our "global village."



Author: Vassar Miller Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Without Ceremony
 Description: A prayerful poem

Author: Victor Mirelman Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: Suffering: A Jewish Perspective
 Description:



Author: Jeffrey P. Moore Winter, 2004 Volume 23 Number 4
 Title: Religion and Political Suffering
 Description:

Author: Julian Morgan Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: Images of Suffering: Crucifix
 Description: An work of art depicting suffering with comment by John T. Render and the artist himself.



Author: Sr. Alvin Suebott, RSM and Richard Morgan, CP Nov/Dec, 1986 Volume 5 Number 6
 Title: Throw-Away Kids
 Description: Reflections on homeless children.

Author: Serhiy Mykhalyuk Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: Emerging to Freedom
 Description: A young Ukrainian details the history of his countrys suffering and his hopes for better days.



Author: Rosa Negussie Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: Singing Hope
 Description: An Ethiopian woman tells a harrowing story of the disappeared victims in Ethiopia in the late 70s.

Author: Ruth Nistler, O.S.F. Fall, 1992 Volume 11 Number 4
 Title: "Unloved and Unloving"
 Description: A Sister candidly shares her experience of clinical depression.



Author: Dorothy Scully Noud Spring, 1998 Volume 17 Number 1
 Title: Pain: A Universal Experience
 Description: A reflection on the extraordinary ordinariness of pain in every day living.



Author: John Nyaaga Winter, 2006 Volume 25 Number 4
 Title: The Unordained Passionists
 Description:



Author: O'Connel, Timothy E. Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2
 Title: Richard McCormick: Hero of Humane Healthcare
 Description: A eulogy and salute to Richard Mc Cormick.



Author: Paul O'Hara Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: Faithful Until the End
 Description:



Author: Kenneth O'Malley Fall, 1997 Volume 16 Number 3
 Title: Brief Reflections on The Suffering and Death of Humanity
 Description: A reflection on Molly Marshall's article on the suffering and death of humanity

Author: Kenneth O'Malley Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: The Wizards’ Gate: Picturing Consciousness
 Description:



Author: Scott Opperman Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: Suffering in Literature
 Description: A book review of a popular book written by Larry Dossey.



Author: Connie Ore Summer, 2006 Volume 25 Number 2
 Title: Of Music and Suffering - A Singular Perspective
 Description:



Author: Deirdre M. Ostry Spring, 2000 Volume 19 Number 1
 Title: Suffering in Literature
 Description: A review of a recent book by Parker Palmer on leading an intentional life.



Author: Kenneth O’Malley Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4
 Title: Will the Circle be Unbroken by Studs Terkel
 Description:



Author: Martin Padovani, SVD Christmas, 1996 Volume 15 Number 4
 Title: Anger - Virtue or Vice
 Description: An examination of the positive and negative aspects of anger.



Author: Jill Peláez Baumgaertner Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: Conversion on Hearing Pictures at an Exhibition
 Description:

Author: Jill Peláez Baumgaertner Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: Ecclesiastes
 Description:



Author: Sr. Alene Perry, CP Jan/Feb, 1987 Volume 6 Number 1
 Title: To Violence and Back
 Description: A contemplative nun reflects on her journey to becoming a peace advocate.



Author: Esther Pfabe Summer, 2007 Volume 26 Number 2
 Title: To Every House You Enter…
 Description:



Author: Robert W. Piercy, Jr Autumn, 2004 Volume 23 Number 3
 Title: Dad I Need Help
 Description:



Author: Dick Poole, M.Div. Christmas, 1996 Volume 15 Number 4
 Title: Reflection on "Anger - Virtue or Vice"
 Description: A reflection on "Anger - Virtue or Vice" by Martin Padovani



Author: Janet Price Fall, 1999 Volume 18 Number 3
 Title: Bear Your Share of the Hardship for the Gospel
 Description: The story of waiting and of finding hope in the present.



Author: Carol Prinz Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title: By His Wounds We Are Healed
 Description:



Author: Douglas A. Propp Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4
 Title: A Physician’s Metamorphosis of Spirtuality
 Description:



Author: Susan M. Pudelek Winter, 2001 Volume 20 Number 4
 Title: Gift in Suffering
 Description: Introductory column from Stauros' new Executive Director, Susan M. Pudelek.

Author: Susan M. Pudelek Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description: Reflections on 911, a chain of hope and subscriptions from the Executive Director of Stauros U.S.A.

Author: Susan M. Pudelek Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2
 Title: From the Director
 Description:

Author: Susan M. Pudelek Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description:

Author: Susan M. Pudelek Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description:

Author: Susan M. Pudelek Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description: Information on Stauros activities, a reminder that the Notebook is available on audiocassette, and the announcement of postponing the 2003 trip to Israel.

Author: Susan M. Pudelek Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: From the Executive Director
 Description: The executive director says goodbye as she moves on to other work.



Author: Karl Rahner Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Common Prayer
 Description: A prayer.



Author: Abihal Raji-Kubba Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: Utah Voices: Muslim Immigrants and the Ephemeral American Dream
 Description: This American Muslim tells how her family escaped from interrogations and detentions in Iraq, resulting in a deep appreciation for freedom and individual liberty. Afraid and angry, she sees some of those basic freedoms being eroded in America based solely

Author: Abraham Rattner Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Images of Suffering: Christ on the Cross
 Description: An art work with comment.

Author: Abraham Rattner Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: Images of Suffering: Praying Figure
 Description: A work of art with comment.



Author: Lucien Richard Winter, 2006 Volume 25 Number 4
 Title: Suffering and the Art of the Cross
 Description:



Author: Jean Riley Nov/Dec, 1988 Volume 7 Number 6
 Title: Poetry
 Description: A disabled poet/artist speaks eloquently about our lives and our relationships.

Author: John Ross Winter, 2001 Volume 20 Number 4
 Title: On Being Me
 Description: Examines the relationship between being gay and being Christian in American society.

Author: Joyce Rupp, O.S.M. Fall, 1996 Volume 15 Number 3
 Title: Little Pieces of Light, Darkness and Spiritual Growth
 Description: A reflection on both the challenge and the value of the many darknesses of our lives.



Author: Robin Ryan Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: Where are You, My God?
 Description:



Author: Elise Saggau, O.S.F. Fall, 1993 Volume 12 Number 4
 Title: Dying to Live: A Response to the Mystery of Human Suffering
 Description: A reflection on suffering emphasizing the personal and society response.

Author: Elise Saggau, O.S.F. Christmas, 1993 Volume 12 Number 5
 Title: Dying to Live: A Response to the Mystery of Human Suffering
 Description: An examination of the Old Testament response to suffering.

Author: Elise Saggau, O.S.F. Winter, 1994 Volume 13 Number 1
 Title: Dying to Live: A Response to the Mystery of Human Suffering
 Description: The impact of Jesus on the understanding of suffering and the Christian response to suffering.

Author: Elise Saggau, O.S.F. Spring, 1994 Volume 13 Number 2
 Title: Dying to Live: A Response to the Mystery of Human Suffering
 Description: The dilemma of ministering to a suffering world.



Author: Mary Beth Sammon Spring, 2009 Volume 28 Number 2
 Title: What is Hope?
 Description:



Author: Susan M. Scherer Autumn, 2007 Volume 26 Number 3
 Title: Where Personal Faith and Psychiatry Merge
 Description:



Author: Migael Scherer Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: Going Back
 Description:



Author: Elizabeth Schmidt Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: Dorothy
 Description:



Author: Jeremy Christian Cotton Schmidt Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: An Ordinary Nameless Guy
 Description: A young biracial man traces how his color has influenced his life and brought discrimination from both whites and blacks.



Author: Ruth Schmidt Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: To Speak of Rape
 Description: She was raped as a 16-year-old girl and now, years later, still lives with the anger, fear, and consequences of that night.



Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 1999 Volume 18 Number 1
 Title: His Name Shall Be Called Noah
 Description: A story a woman's birth of hope and compassion and of the promise of God's covenant.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2000 Volume 19 Number 1
 Title: Notebook Themes 2000 - 2001
 Description: Opening editorial to the Spring 2000 issue.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2
 Title: The Meaning of Suffering: a Creedal Confession
 Description: A personal experience of suffering and its relationship to faith.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2
 Title: On the Meaning of Suffering
 Description: Editorial comment to the Summer 2000 issue.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3
 Title: The Ambiguity of Suffering
 Description: Editorial comment on suffering and it ambiguity from the Autumn 2000 issue.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Crossfixed
 Description: Opening editorial on the cross and suffering, Winter 2000.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Louise's Vision a Focused Faith
 Description: The transcendent power of the cross as symbol and practical sacrament.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: Prayerful Commonalities
 Description: Editorial comment on "Prayer as Placebo" the Spring 2001 issue.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2
 Title: Theologies of Prayer: A Christian Perspective
 Description: An experienceially based theology of prayer experienced in a cultural context.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: Prayerful Pieties
 Description: Opening editorial remarks to the Stauros Notebook on The Experience of Prayer.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2001 Volume 20 Number 4
 Title: On Being Gay and Christian
 Description: Opening editorial on praying or experience which focuses on the gay Christian experience.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1
 Title: The Politics of Piety
 Description: Politics and piety considered as reaction to the tragedy of 911. This is the opening editorial of an interfaith issue that considers some of the fallout from September 11

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2
 Title: Review: Forgiveness: Finding Fredom Through Reconciliation by Avis Clendenen & Troy Martin
 Description: A book review of "Forgiveness: Finding Fredom Through Reconciliation" by Avis Clendenen & Troy Martin. A theologically Catholic book reviewed by a Luthern theologian.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3
 Title: The Paradox of Giving and Receiving
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4
 Title: The Substance of Spirituality
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: Suffering and the Politics of Oppression
 Description: The editor explores how to view violence and war as a Christian

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3
 Title: America Lost and Found
 Description: America holds the promise of classless, colorblind society, but in reality that promise is still lacking.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2003 Volume 22 Number 4
 Title: The Church and Suffering
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: Suffering in Christ
 Description: Suffering and death are never only about the self; they are always about the self "in Christ", which is the source of our hope.

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: Modern Medicine: Places, Pieties, and Politics
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2004 Volume 23 Number 3
 Title: Suffering and Family
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2004 Volume 23 Number 4
 Title: Suffering and Religion
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2005 Volume 24 Number 1
 Title: The Challenge of Faith and Doubt
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: The Wisdom of Illness
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2005 Volume 24 Number 2
 Title: One Soldier’s Story, A Memoir
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: Suffering and the Challenge of Theology
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: Brief Personal Notes on the Book of Job
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2005 Volume 24 Number 4
 Title: A Personal Perspective
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2006 Volume 25 Number 1
 Title: Prayer: Against the Dying of the Light
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2006 Volume 25 Number 2
 Title: Music Heals the Human Spirit
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2006 Volume 25 Number 3
 Title: Room 719 South, Rush Hospital, Chicago
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2006 Volume 25 Number 4
 Title: Parish Community and Suffering
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title: The Bones of Jesus or Residue in a Box
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2007 Volume 26 Number 2
 Title: My “Gick”
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2007 Volume 26 Number 3
 Title: A Personal Response
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title:
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: Hope Against Hope
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Summer, 2008 Volume 27 Number 2
 Title: A Little Lesson in Lack of Courage
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Autumn, 2008 Volume 27 Number 3
 Title: My Impatience with Patience
 Description:

Author: Stephen A. Schmidt Winter, 2008 Volume 27 Number 4
 Title: The Experience of Suffering
 Description:



Author: Michael J. Schorin Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: Suffering and the Challenge to Jewish Theology
 Description:



Author: Ed Schroeder Winter, 2001 Volume 20 Number 4
 Title: Review: Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate, by Stanton L. Jones & Marka Yarhouse
 Description: The reviewer takes issue with the authors' conservative view of homosexuality in scripture arguing for a relativism founded in Christ.

Author: Ed Schroeder Winter, 2004 Volume 23 Number 4
 Title: The Folk Religion of God Bless America
 Description:



Author: Fr. Donald Senior, CP Mar/Apr, 1984 Volume 3 Number 2
 Title: Enemy Love: The Challenge of Peace
 Description: A biblical scholar develops Jesus' teaching on peace.

Author: Fr. Donald Senior, CP Mar/Apr, 1986 Volume 5 Number 2
 Title: Violence
 Description: A biblical scholar looks at the dramatic force of the arrest of Jesus.

Author: Fr. Donald Senior, CP Mar/Apr, 1990 Volume 9 Number 2
 Title: With New Eyes
 Description: A biblical scholar draws conclusions from the New Testament healing stories.

Author: Fr. Donald Senior, CP Christmas, 1992 Volume 11 Number 5
 Title: A Journey of Faith
 Description: A touching account of the 3rd Israel Program for Persons with Disabilities.

Author: Fr. Donald Senior, CP Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2
 Title: The New Testament and the Meaning of Suffering
 Description: A review of the meaning of suffering from a new testament scholar.

Author: Fr. Donald Senior, CP Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: Faith Seeking Understanding: Suffering as
Challenge to Theology
 Description:



Author: John Shea Winter, 2008 Volume 27 Number 4
 Title: Secrets Hidden from Health
 Description:



Author: Brian Sherwin Spring, 2007 Volume 26 Number 1
 Title: Suffering and Healing in the Jewish Tradition
 Description:

Author: Byron L. Sherwin Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1
 Title: Prayer, Not Prozac
 Description: A Jewish reflection on placebo and prayer.

Author: Byron L. Sherwin Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1
 Title: The Mystery of Evil: Reflections on September 11
 Description: The questions of September 11 ring with an echo of earlier eras and evils in this reflection from Rabbi Sherwin.



Author: Austin Smith, CP Nov/Dec, 1982 Volume 1 Number 6
 Title: More of Everything and More of Everywhere: Thoughts on Poverty
 Description: Offers some profound reflections on what must be done to eliminate poverty.

Author: Austin Smith, PhD Jan/Feb, 1986 Volume 5 Number 1
 Title: Powerlessness
 Description: Personal reflections on the powerlessness of those in the Inner City.



Author: Richard B. Steele, Ph.D. Christmas, 1994 Volume 13 Number 4
 Title: Accessibility or Hospitality
 Description: A father reflects on theological and personal effects of living with a disabled child.

Author: Richard B. Steele, Ph.D. Christmas, 1998 Volume 17 Number 4
 Title: All or Nothing: Reflections on the Suffering of Children
 Description: A very pastoral commentary on suffering, especially the suffering of children.



Author: Thomas W. Strieter Autumn, 2004 Volume 23 Number 3
 Title: Suffering and Family in Bali
 Description:

Author: Thomas W. Strieter Winter, 2007 Volume 26 Number 4
 Title: The Theology Behind the Miracle Stories
 Description:



Author: Kiev Tang Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: And Then There Were Two
 Description: The Khmer Rouge and its atrocious use of concentration camps to imprison and divide innocent families is detailed in this tragic story.



Author: Alan Taylor Spring, 2008 Volume 27 Number 1
 Title: Good Grief
 Description:



Author: Ginny Temple Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3
 Title: The Dance of Dying and Rising
 Description: A story of the death and resurrection of a liturgical dancer as experienced in the illness of her father.

Author: Ginny Temple Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2
 Title: The Dance Continues
 Description: Examines death and transformation from the perspective of Luke's characters of May and Martha and the dance between.



Author: Regat Tesfamariam Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: Hospitality Extended
 Description: A young nun agonizes over the displaced persons in the battles between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the conditions in which they are forced to live.



Author: Susan Thistlethwaite Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: You May Enjoy the Spoils of Your Enemy
 Description: How do the views of rape today vary from the biblical view? Is rape a weapon of war? The author explores the historical and cultural aspects of these questions.



Author: Tim McConville Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: Another Dead
 Description: A former pastor in El Salvador relates the tale of native Indians who were denied basic necessities and health care because they were on the wrong side of the battle.



Author: Mary Todd Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2
 Title: Too Quickly Broken
 Description: A personal examination of the experience and the expectations of doing grief work for the loss of a husband

Author: Mary Todd Winter, 2008 Volume 27 Number 4
 Title: The Paradox of Pain and Gain
 Description:



Author: Jean C. Murray Spring, 2006 Volume 25 Number 1
 Title: A Prayerful Remission
 Description:



Author: Karen Kress Spring, 2006 Volume 25 Number 1
 Title: Prayer Through The Eyes of One with MS
 Description:



Author: Douglas Anderson Spring, 2006 Volume 25 Number 1
 Title: Prayer and Suffering
 Description:

Author: Don Clendenin Spring, 2006 Volume 25 Number 1
 Title: Affliction IV
 Description:



Author: W. H. Utz Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: The Wrath of Jonah by Rosemary Radford Ruether and Herman J. Ruether
 Description: The book examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in light of the biblical story of Jonah.



Author: Elizabeth-Anne Stewart Vanek Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4
 Title: Nailed
 Description: A poem.



Author: Various Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1
 Title: Reader Response
 Description: A trio of readers respond to the previous Notebook issue which centered on the suffering of those who's sexual orientation is homosexual.

Author: Various Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2
 Title: Letters to the Editor
 Description: Three people respond concerning the war in Iraq and President Bushs stance.



Author: Joan Varner Winter, 2003 Volume 22 Number 4
 Title: Orthodoxy’s Angst
 Description:



Author: Barbara Fritz Vroman's Spring, 2009 Volume 28 Number 2
 Title: Is Suffering Good and Necessary? A Contrarian Viewpoint: Could we get along without it?
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Author: Paul Wadell, CP May/Jun, 1986 Volume 5 Number 3
 Title: Strangers/Friends
 Description: A professor of ethics discusses human interdependence.



Author: Gregory Wangerin Summer, 2007 Volume 26 Number 2
 Title: Interfaith Ministries: Hospitality to Strangers
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Author: Ann E. Weeks, DNS, RN Spring, 1996 Volume 15 Number 1
 Title: Using Humor to Deal with a Stressful Situation
 Description: A nurse therapist looks at humor as a means of coping with suffering.

Author: Ann E. Weeks, DNS, RN Spring, 1996 Volume 15 Number 1
 Title: Message from the President
 Description: Message from the President of Stauros about Board actions



Author: Philip Welches and John Render Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: Healing and Redeeming a Psychosomatic Life
 Description: This Passionist priest and his psychologist chronicle his journey to wholeness after a diagnosis of colon cancer illuminates his need for emotional and well as physical healing.



Author: Julie Wessel Spring, 2009 Volume 28 Number 2
 Title: Lifetime Memories; Journey to the Holy Land
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Author: Paul Wierichs Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1
 Title: Ground Zero: Ministry in Crisis
 Description: A Passionist's reaction to 911 as he served as the chaplain to the New York office of the FBI through the tragedy.



Author: Dr. Harold Wilke Nov/Dec, 1983 Volume 2 Number 6
 Title: Pain and Its Uses
 Description: An armless minister tells his story.

Author: Dr. Michael Wilson May/Jun, 1983 Volume 2 Number 3
 Title: Curing Illness or Curing People?
 Description: Focuses on important dimensions of illness and treatment.



Author: Elliot Wimbush Summer, 2006 Volume 25 Number 2
 Title: Hear My Cry
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Author: Joshua J. Wind Summer, 2004 Volume 23 Number 2
 Title: A Medical Student’s Changing Perspective of Health
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Author: Joni Woefel Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3
 Title: The Final Lesson
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Author: Joni Woelfel Spring, 1998 Volume 17 Number 1
 Title: The Great Paradox
 Description: A reflection on living with chronic illness.

Author: Joni Woelfel Spring, 1999 Volume 18 Number 1
 Title: Gypsy Woman
 Description: A woman's story of her resilient and human fight with suffering.

Author: Jeffrey Wood Autumn, 2005 Volume 24 Number 3
 Title: The Sting of Bees
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Author: Rosalind Woodward Summer, 2008 Volume 27 Number 2
 Title: The Garlic Mustard Walk
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Author: Sr. Gail Worcelo, CP May/Jun, 1987 Volume 6 Number 3
 Title: Nonviolence
 Description: A reflection on pain, despair and hope when coming to personal terms with violence.



Author: Dr. Henry James Young Jan/Feb, 1983 Volume 2 Number 1
 Title: Nobody Knows the Troubles I See
 Description: How black people reconciled the idea of a loving God with their terrible suffering.



Author: Cassian Yuhaus, C.P. Summer, 1992 Volume 11 Number 3
 Title: The Haunting Face of Jesus in the Option for the Poor
 Description: Challenges the Church & people to proclaim a preferential option for the poor.



Author: Zijada Zec Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1
 Title: The Promised Land
 Description: A Bosnian Muslim woman tells the story of her experience during the fighting between Serbs and Muslims in her country, her difficult journey to escape, and her feelings as she became accustomed to living in the United States.



Author: Donna M. Zetah, OSF Summer, 1999 Volume 18 Number 2
 Title: Death by Deluge, Fidelity to the Covenant
 Description: An article about the effects of hurricane Mitch on the people of Honduras and their faith in God.



Author: Mary Zirul Spring, 2004 Volume 23 Number 1
 Title: Dancing Your Death
 Description: In this touching poem a wife describes holding her dying husband and breathing with him until his breathing stops.