Suffering: The Stauros Notebook
 
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 Stephen A. Schmidt

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  THE STAUROS NOTEBOOK   DATE INDEX
 

Article Index by Date

   ordered from Vol. 01 No. 1, to current

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

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

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

Jul/Aug, 1982 Volume 1 Number 4 Author: Dr. Paul Brand
  Title: Pain
  Description: One of the world's foremost experts on pain addresses several aspects of this topic.

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

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



 

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

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

Jul/Aug, 1983 Volume 2 Number 4 Author: Virginia Harrison
  Title: Pain, Anguish, Suffering and 'Marginal Life'.
  Description: A disabled biologist reflects on these important issues.

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

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



 

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

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

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

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

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

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



 

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

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

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

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

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

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



 

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

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

May/Jun, 1986 Volume 5 Number 3 Author: Paul Wadell, CP
  Title: Strangers/Friends
  Description: A professor of ethics discusses human interdependence.

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

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

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



 

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

Mar/Apr, 1987 Volume 6 Number 2 Author: Matthew Haumann, MHM
  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.

May/Jun, 1987 Volume 6 Number 3 Author: Sr. Gail Worcelo, CP
  Title: Nonviolence
  Description: A reflection on pain, despair and hope when coming to personal terms with violence.

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

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



 

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

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

May/Jun, 1988 Volume 7 Number 3 Author: Flavian Dougherty, CP
  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.

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

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



 

Jan/Feb, 1989 Volume 8 Number 1 Author: Thomas Berry, CP
  Title: Why Have You Abandoned Me?
  Description: An ecologist looks at the ecological age and our responsibilities.

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

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

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



 

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

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

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



 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



 

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

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

Summer, 1992 Volume 11 Number 3 Author: Cassian Yuhaus, C.P.
  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.

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

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



 

Winter, 1993 Volume 12 Number 1 Author: Jean Higgins
  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.

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

Summer, 1993 Volume 12 Number 3 Author: Rev. Nancy J. Lane
  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.

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

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



 

Winter, 1994 Volume 13 Number 1 Author: Elise Saggau, O.S.F.
  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.

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

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

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



 

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

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

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

Summer, 1995 Volume 14 Number 2 Author: John D. Godsey
  Title: Dietrich Bonhoeffer On Suffering
  Description: Timely reflections on Bonhoeffer's theology of suffering.

Fall, 1995 Volume 14 Number 3 Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF
  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.

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



 

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

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

Spring, 1996 Volume 15 Number 1 Author: Ann E. Weeks, DNS, RN
  Title: Using Humor to Deal with a Stressful Situation
  Description: A nurse therapist looks at humor as a means of coping with suffering.

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

Summer, 1996 Volume 15 Number 2 Author: Adela Gross, O.S.F.
  Title: Violence... the response to violence
  Description: A reflection on two articles on violence by Bob Bossie and Delores Lytle.

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

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

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

Fall, 1996 Volume 15 Number 3 Author: Lissa Romell and Dara Behzadi
  Title: Reflection on "Little Pieces of Light"
  Description: A reflection on "Little Pieces of Light" by Joyce Rupp

Fall, 1996 Volume 15 Number 3 Author: Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.
  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.

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

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

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



 

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

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

Spring, 1997 Volume 16 Number 1 Author: Bernie Curran
  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.

Summer, 1997 Volume 16 Number 2 Author: Catherine Asomugha, MSHR
  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

Summer, 1997 Volume 16 Number 2 Author: Sr. Ardis Cloutier, OSF
  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.

Fall, 1997 Volume 16 Number 3 Author: Kenneth O'Malley
  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

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

Christmas, 1997 Volume 16 Number 4 Author: Molly Marshall
  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.



 

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

Spring, 1998 Volume 17 Number 1 Author: Joni Woelfel
  Title: The Great Paradox
  Description: A reflection on living with chronic illness.

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

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



 

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

Spring, 1999 Volume 18 Number 1 Author: Stephen A. Schmidt
  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.

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

Summer, 1999 Volume 18 Number 2 Author: Donna M. Zetah, OSF
  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.

Summer, 1999 Volume 18 Number 2 Author: Fr. Richard Frechette, C.P.
  Title: Where Are God's Eyes?
  Description: A story from the field of the effects of hurricane Mitch on the people of Honduras.

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

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

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

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

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

Christmas, 1999 Volume 18 Number 4 Author: Fr. Pat Brennen, C.P.
  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.



 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summer, 2000 Volume 19 Number 2 Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter
  Title: For Sophie, Bald in Church
  Description: A poem on suffering and faith.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3 Author: Jill P. Baumgarnter
  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.

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

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

Autumn, 2000 Volume 19 Number 3 Author: Jim Corbett
  Title: Excerpt from Goatwalking
  Description: A poem.

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

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

Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4 Author: Ron Hamel
  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.

Winter, 2000 Volume 19 Number 4 Author: Carol Frances Jegen
  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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1 Author: Tom Andrews
  Title: Praying with George Herbert in Late Winter
  Description: A poem.

Spring, 2001 Volume 20 Number 1 Author: Larry J. Huiras
  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.

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

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

Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2 Author: M. Thaddine Chopp
  Title: Prayerful Theology for Life
  Description: Connects prayer and suffering from the perspective of an eigthty-seven year journey celebrating life.

Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2 Author: Robert M. McGowen
  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?"

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

Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2 Author: Gayle Kopin
  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.

Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2 Author: Tom Keevey
  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

Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2 Author: Malcolm Gillespie
  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.

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

Summer, 2001 Volume 20 Number 2 Author: Larry J. Huiras
  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.

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

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

Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3 Author: Ginny Temple
  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.

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

Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3 Author: Soozie Cotter-Schaufele
  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.

Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3 Author: Nancy Upson Lane
  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.

Autumn, 2001 Volume 20 Number 3 Author: Amy L. Florian
  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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter, 2001 Volume 20 Number 4 Author: Ed Schroeder
  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.

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



 

Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1 Author: Stephen A. Schmidt
  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

Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1 Author: Paul Wierichs
  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.

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

Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1 Author: Manal El-Hrisse
  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.

Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1 Author: Byron L. Sherwin
  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.

Spring, 2002 Volume 21 Number 1 Author: Various
  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.

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

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

Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2 Author: Avis Clendenen
  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.

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

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

Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2 Author: Stephen A. Schmidt
  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.

Summer, 2002 Volume 21 Number 2 Author: Susan M. Pudelek
  Title: From the Director
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Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3 Author: Stephen A. Schmidt
  Title: The Paradox of Giving and Receiving
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Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3 Author: Tom Droege
  Title: In Need of Care
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Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3 Author: Joni Woefel
  Title: The Final Lesson
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Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3 Author: Frederic M. Hudson
  Title: Alzheimer’s Chronicles
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Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3 Author: David Anderson
  Title: Images of Suffering
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Autumn, 2002 Volume 21 Number 3 Author: Susan M. Pudelek
  Title: From the Executive Director
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Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4 Author: Stephen A. Schmidt
  Title: The Substance of Spirituality
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Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4 Author: Douglas A. Propp
  Title: A Physician’s Metamorphosis of Spirtuality
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Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4 Author: Diana Hayes
  Title: Spirituality in Transition: Trouble Don’t Last Always
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Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4 Author: Inamul Haq
  Title: Faith and Suffering in Islam
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Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4 Author: Kenneth O’Malley
  Title: Will the Circle be Unbroken by Studs Terkel
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Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4 Author: David Anderson
  Title: Conflicting Images of Suffering: William Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job
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Winter, 2002 Volume 21 Number 4 Author: Susan M. Pudelek
  Title: From the Executive Director
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Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1 Author: Stephen A. Schmidt
  Title: Suffering and the Politics of Oppression
  Description: The editor explores how to view violence and war as a Christian

Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1 Author: Zijada Zec
  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.

Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1 Author: Tim McConville
  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.

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

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

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

Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1 Author: Regat Tesfamariam
  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.

Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1 Author: Kiev Tang
  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.

Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1 Author: W. H. Utz
  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.

Spring, 2003 Volume 22 Number 1 Author: Susan M. Pudelek
  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.

Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2 Author: Amy L. Florian
  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.

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

Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2 Author: Ruth Schmidt
  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.

Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2 Author: Jean Marchant
  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.

Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2 Author: David Anderson
  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.

Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2 Author: Susan Thistlethwaite
  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.

Summer, 2003 Volume 22 Number 2 Author: C.S.E. Cooney
  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.

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

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

Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3 Author: Adriana Escarpita
  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.

Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3 Author: Jeremy Christian Cotton Schmidt
  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.

Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3 Author: David Anderson
  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.

Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3 Author: Abihal Raji-Kubba
  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

Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3 Author: Monica Gurreri
  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

Autumn, 2003 Volume 22 Number 3 Author: Capers C. Funnye, Jr.
  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

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