Today marks 15 years since the Lord called Avery Dulles to Himself. The famed Jesuit Cardinal served the Church for several decades as a theologian trying to communicate the Church’s tradition in a time of controversy.<\/p>\n
Personally, I miss Avery’s calm voice and steady thinking. For several years we were members of a Communio Circle in Weston, Connecticut with Maria Shrady and several theological bright lights. Sadly, the group has ceased to meet.<\/p>\n
Thomas A. Guarino writes an appreciative essay, “Remembering Avery Dulles<\/strong><\/a><\/span>” in First Things<\/em>. Guarino fittingly recognizes Dulles’ contribution to the field of American Theology and role of the theologian in the Church.<\/p>\n May Avery Cardinal Dulles’ memory be eternal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today marks 15 years since the Lord called Avery Dulles to Himself. The famed Jesuit Cardinal served the Church for several decades as a theologian trying to communicate the Church’s tradition in a time of controversy. Personally, I miss Avery’s calm voice and steady thinking. For several years we were members of a Communio Circle … Continue reading Avery Dulles Remembered<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1736],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36988,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36984\/revisions\/36988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}