Robert Ellsberg
@robertellsberg.bsky.social
Publisher Orbis Books, Saint-watcher at @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
This symposium on #DorothyDay at the Gregorian University in Rome will be livestreamed on Nov 26. Looking forward to being there.
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This symposium on #DorothyDay at the Gregorian University in Rome will be livestreamed on Nov 26. Looking forward to being there.
Some celebrate the Feast of All Saints on November 1. Others every day.
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Some celebrate the Feast of All Saints on November 1. Others every day.
My new book BLESSED AMONG US Vol 2, with over 700 entries drawn from my daily reflections in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social @litpress.bsky.social
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September 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
My new book BLESSED AMONG US Vol 2, with over 700 entries drawn from my daily reflections in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social @litpress.bsky.social
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Is it too much to say in this time, in America, that we are on a train bound for hell? If that seems extreme, can we at least ask the question: Where is this train headed? My latest reflection: "A Big Beautiful Train."
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July 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Is it too much to say in this time, in America, that we are on a train bound for hell? If that seems extreme, can we at least ask the question: Where is this train headed? My latest reflection: "A Big Beautiful Train."
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"My mission of being in the heart of the people is not just a part of my life or a badge I can take off. Instead, it is something I cannot uproot from my being without destroying my very self. I am a mission on this earth; that is the reason I am here in this world."--Pope Francis
July 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"My mission of being in the heart of the people is not just a part of my life or a badge I can take off. Instead, it is something I cannot uproot from my being without destroying my very self. I am a mission on this earth; that is the reason I am here in this world."--Pope Francis
And this year, DOROTHY DAY: SPIRITUAL WRITINGS won 2nd Place in Spirituaity.
June 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
And this year, DOROTHY DAY: SPIRITUAL WRITINGS won 2nd Place in Spirituaity.
Very honored to be named as one of three Authors of the Year by the Catholic Media Association. (For publishing 5 prize-winning books in the past five years. All published
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June 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Very honored to be named as one of three Authors of the Year by the Catholic Media Association. (For publishing 5 prize-winning books in the past five years. All published
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@orbisbooks.bsky.social
Roger Haight, SJ died today. At @orbisbooks.bsky.social
we published 9 of his books, beginning with his controversial "Jesus Symbol of God." Our final meeting was last year when I presented him with a copy of his final book, "FACING RACE." Appropriately, he died on Juneteenth. RIP.
we published 9 of his books, beginning with his controversial "Jesus Symbol of God." Our final meeting was last year when I presented him with a copy of his final book, "FACING RACE." Appropriately, he died on Juneteenth. RIP.
June 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Roger Haight, SJ died today. At @orbisbooks.bsky.social
we published 9 of his books, beginning with his controversial "Jesus Symbol of God." Our final meeting was last year when I presented him with a copy of his final book, "FACING RACE." Appropriately, he died on Juneteenth. RIP.
we published 9 of his books, beginning with his controversial "Jesus Symbol of God." Our final meeting was last year when I presented him with a copy of his final book, "FACING RACE." Appropriately, he died on Juneteenth. RIP.
10 years ago on June 17 2015, a young white supremacist, hoping to “ignite a race war,” opened fire at a prayer service at Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston SC, killing the pastor and eight other members of the African American congregation. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
10 years ago on June 17 2015, a young white supremacist, hoping to “ignite a race war,” opened fire at a prayer service at Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston SC, killing the pastor and eight other members of the African American congregation. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
Fr Steve Bevans SVD has won the highest honor of the Catholic Theological Society of America: the John Courtney Murray Award. Very proud of our author @orbisbooks.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fr Steve Bevans SVD has won the highest honor of the Catholic Theological Society of America: the John Courtney Murray Award. Very proud of our author @orbisbooks.bsky.social
Sister Ann Manganaro. ¡Presente! My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Sister Ann Manganaro. ¡Presente! My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
The feast of the Visitation, celebrating the sisterhood of two women joined by faith in the God of the Impossible. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The feast of the Visitation, celebrating the sisterhood of two women joined by faith in the God of the Impossible. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
Lay theologian Rosemary Haughton died a year ago today, May 9. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Lay theologian Rosemary Haughton died a year ago today, May 9. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
“I want to see the church so far forward that my successor will not be able to turn back.”—Pope Leo XIII, the previous Leo. Apart from introducing modern Catholic Social Teaching One of his first steps was to make Newman a cardinal. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“I want to see the church so far forward that my successor will not be able to turn back.”—Pope Leo XIII, the previous Leo. Apart from introducing modern Catholic Social Teaching One of his first steps was to make Newman a cardinal. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social
My reflection on Henry David Thoreau in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social “How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.”
May 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My reflection on Henry David Thoreau in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social “How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.”
Venerable Juana de la Cruz. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social To the nonbinary God of Love.
May 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Venerable Juana de la Cruz. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social To the nonbinary God of Love.
May issue of @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social My “Blessed Among Us” include Thoreau, Rosemary Haughton, Walker Percy, Julian of Norwich, Emily Dickinson, Franz Jägerstätter, Jane Addams, and many more.
May 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
May issue of @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social My “Blessed Among Us” include Thoreau, Rosemary Haughton, Walker Percy, Julian of Norwich, Emily Dickinson, Franz Jägerstätter, Jane Addams, and many more.
Perhaps even in death Pope Francis is working for peace.
April 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Perhaps even in death Pope Francis is working for peace.
Pope Francis, in his focus on migrants and refugees as a defining theme of his papacy, found his opposite counterpart in Donald Trump. From the intro to Pope Francis, "A Stranger and You Welcomed Me." @orbisbooks.bsky.social www.ncronline.org/vatican/book...
April 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Pope Francis, in his focus on migrants and refugees as a defining theme of his papacy, found his opposite counterpart in Donald Trump. From the intro to Pope Francis, "A Stranger and You Welcomed Me." @orbisbooks.bsky.social www.ncronline.org/vatican/book...
For the last 12 years my faith and vocation were sustained by the witness of Pope Francis. At @OrbisBooks we worked to promote and amplify his voice. Over the years I regularly wrote him letters of support, with no expectation of hearing back, though twice I did. This was my last.
April 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For the last 12 years my faith and vocation were sustained by the witness of Pope Francis. At @OrbisBooks we worked to promote and amplify his voice. Over the years I regularly wrote him letters of support, with no expectation of hearing back, though twice I did. This was my last.
In a message of great love, sincerity and affection. Herod asked the disciples where he might find the risen Christ so he too could worship him.
April 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In a message of great love, sincerity and affection. Herod asked the disciples where he might find the risen Christ so he too could worship him.
“You don’t have the cards.”
April 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“You don’t have the cards.”
Last words from Judgment at Nuremberg: a convicted German jurist tells his American judge: “Those millions.. you must believe I never thought it would come to this.” The reply: “It came to this the first time you condemned a man to death you knew to be innocent.”
April 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Last words from Judgment at Nuremberg: a convicted German jurist tells his American judge: “Those millions.. you must believe I never thought it would come to this.” The reply: “It came to this the first time you condemned a man to death you knew to be innocent.”