Word: thelen
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Shame on Sullivan for her reference to a "bowl of wafers." And shame on the Catholic priest for denying Christ to Douglas Kmiec for endorsing Barack Obama. Judith N. Thelen, CUMBERLAND...
...world, and that work happens outside of a parish context. Many of the fellows are highly educated and well trained. Associate numerary Gil Kaufman is a retired Ph.D. chemist. Calixto Maso is a pathologist. Peter Anglada is an MBA. Francisco Ruiz teaches engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology. Art Thelen is a structural engineer who supervised bridge building in Chicago. Glenn Wilke was an executive at Conagra for twenty years. "We all have an apostolic assignment," explains Anglada, "whether it be in a school, a parish or someplace else." So on a typical day, many of them...
...piano, easy chairs and couches - where the five priests attached to the center and several numeraries settled in for a couple of hours of meditation and discussion in what is called a "day of recollection." A layman leads the once-a-month recollection - in this case it was Art Thelen, a numerary who is also director of the residence. On this day one of the themes Thelen presented for discussion was "the priestly soul" - or living life in the world with the attitude of a priest. "The idea is that we are to be immersed in work and society...
...Thelen is the top director at the Opus Dei Center. He has silver hair, wire-rimmed glasses and an intense gaze. "Our philosophy is that lay people are in family life, social life and professional life, and we have to make a difference there. Opus Dei gives you a regime to keep in shape, tells you how to do it, and tells you how to help other people do it." But Thelen does not shy away when we ask him why Opus Dei is associated with conservative politics and a secretive agenda. He denies that Opus Dei has any interest...
...Thelen thinks that some of the men who decide to carry out private paternity checks "are simply driven by the age-old male fear" that they may have been cuckolded by their partner - a fear that could have been fanned by a friend's remark that the chip doesn't look as if it's off the old block. Indeed, British biologist Robin Baker analyzed the results of 16 paternity studies in 1996 and concluded that at least one in 10 children in the Western world was not sired by the man believed to be the father. The number...