http://www.cardus.ca en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 11:44:50 -0400 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 11:44:50 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/convivium/print_issues/3254 "Raymond, if you want to advance an idea, write a book," Father Richard John Neuhaus told me one December evening. "But if you want to change a culture, you need a magazine. Because magazines are literally periodical, they create an ongoing community—readers, writers, editors, benefactors. And only communities can change cultures." Father Neuhaus knew that to change a culture, you need to propose another culture, and cultures are not singular ideas but the shared life of a community of persons. It has always been thus. In ancient times, it was not only the truth of the Gospel that attracted but the witness of the early Christian communities. In our time, the means of modern communications allow us to create communities across distance through shared ideas, engaged arguments and, as Father Neuhaus taught us better than most, convivial good cheer. Welcome to the second full issue of Convivium—available only by membership in the community. Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 "Raymond, if you want to advance an idea, write a book," Father Richard John Neuhaus told me one December evening. "But if you want to change a culture, you need a magazine. Because magazines are literally periodical, they create an ongoing community—readers, writers, editors, benefactors. And only communities can change cultures." Father Neuhaus knew that to change a culture, you need to propose another culture, and cultures are not singular ideas but the shared life of a community of persons. It has always been thus. In ancient times, it was not only the truth of the Gospel that attracted but the witness of the early Christian communities. In our time, the means of modern communications allow us to create communities across distance through shared ideas, engaged arguments and, as Father Neuhaus taught us better than most, convivial good cheer. Welcome to the second full issue of Convivium—available only by membership in the community. http://www.cardus.ca/convivium/print_issues/3064 Listening is the antithesis of the kind of journalism Christopher Hitchens practised late in life. Listening is what puts things in context, according to Rex Murphy. Listening—observing—leads to memories like those written here by Senator Hugh Segal, or shown here in the photographs of Christophe Potworowski. Listening is also key to convival existence, that is, to faith in our common life. Welcome to the premiere issue of Convivium—available by membership in the community. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Listening is the antithesis of the kind of journalism Christopher Hitchens practised late in life. Listening is what puts things in context, according to Rex Murphy. Listening—observing—leads to memories like those written here by Senator Hugh Segal, or shown here in the photographs of Christophe Potworowski. Listening is also key to convival existence, that is, to faith in our common life. Welcome to the premiere issue of Convivium—available by membership in the community. http://www.cardus.ca/convivium/print_issues/2949 "The truth of the Gospel is not something to be consumed or used superficially; rather it is a gift that calls for a free response. Even when it is proclaimed in the virtual space of the Web, the Gospel demands to be incarnated in the real world and linked to the real faces of our brothers and sisters, those with whom we share our daily lives!" Those sentences are marching orders for the Cardus Convivium Project, one part of which you hold in the form of Convivium magazine. Those involved with the project, which will unfold in various ways over the coming months and years, consider it our attempt to provide a measure of that "daily nourishment" in ways we believe have been lacking in Canada for a long time. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400 "The truth of the Gospel is not something to be consumed or used superficially; rather it is a gift that calls for a free response. Even when it is proclaimed in the virtual space of the Web, the Gospel demands to be incarnated in the real world and linked to the real faces of our brothers and sisters, those with whom we share our daily lives!" Those sentences are marching orders for the Cardus Convivium Project, one part of which you hold in the form of Convivium magazine. Those involved with the project, which will unfold in various ways over the coming months and years, consider it our attempt to provide a measure of that "daily nourishment" in ways we believe have been lacking in Canada for a long time.