About Us
”...if eternity is our horizon as people starving for truth and thirsting for happiness, history is the setting of our daily commitment. Faith teaches us that man’s destiny is written in the heart and mind of God, who directs the course of history. It also teaches us that the Father puts in our hands the task of beginning to build here on earth the ‘kingdom of heaven’ which the Son came to announce and which will find its fulfillment at the end of time.
It is our duty then to live in history, side by side with our peers, sharing their worries and hopes, because the Christian is and must be fully a man of his time. He cannot escape into another dimension, ignoring the tragedies of his era, closing his eyes and heart to the anguish that pervades life. On the contrary, it is he who, although not ‘of’ this world, is immersed ‘in’ this world every day, ready to hasten to wherever there is a brother in need of help, a tear to be dried, a request for help to be answered. On this will we be judged!
Remembering the Master’s warning:‘I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me’ (Mt 25:35-36), we must put the ‘new commandment’ into practice (Jn 13:34). Thus we will oppose what today seems to be the ‘disintegration of civilization,’ in order vigorously to reaffirm the ‘civilization of love’ which alone can open to the men of our time horizons of true peace and lasting justice in lawfulness and solidarity.
- Pope John Paul II, Message for World Youth Day, 1996
GODSPY is an online magazine for Catholics and other seekers. From politics to the arts, science to the economy, sexuality to ecology, GODSPY explores the ideas and experiences that reveal God’s presence in the world. To learn more about our editorial philosophy, see our original text, and visual mission statements.
Staff
Publisher/Editor: Angelo Matera
Associate Editors: Harold Fickett, Austen Ivereigh, David Scott, Joop Koopman
Asst. Editor: Lori Hadacek
Book Editor: David Griffith
Film Editor: John Murphy
Music Editor: Ron Wall
Theological Advisor: Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete
Contributors: Charlotte Allen, William Bole, Bill Christensen, Paul Chu, Elizabeth Douglas, Hugh Vincent Dyer O.P., Paul Green, David Griffith, Mark Lickona, Philip Mango, Jessica Griffith, Marion Maendel, David Morrison, Debra Murphy, John Romanowsky, Zoe St. Paul, Eric Scheske, Jack Smith, Thomas Sullivan, Eve Tushnet, Elizabeth Wirth, John Zmirak.
General Manager: Anna Matera
Graphic Design: Joseph Hilliman
Web Design: Edward Trudeau
Site Programming: Robin Sowell
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Submissions
If you’re interested in writing for Godspy, feel free to contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). We’re always looking for fresh voices, writers who can draw upon their personal experience to bring faith to life. If you would like to submit an existing article, we’ll take a look at it. But we can’t guarantee we’ll read or publish your work.
Volunteers
Godspy is looking for volunteers to moderate the various discussion forum sections. If you’re interested, please contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). If you’re interested in volunteering your time and/or expertise for any other purpose, please do contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Your help is greatly appreciated.
Mailing Address
Godspy
118 East 28th St., Suite #916
New York, NY 10016
