Thomas Baker

Thomas Baker is the publisher of Commonweal.

Introducing Dr. Baumann

Never one to seek the limelight, Commonweal’s editor Paul Baumann nevertheless found himself there on Saturday, gaudily attired at the graduate commencement exercises at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT, where he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. He has not
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Commonweal’s Shiny New Spinoff

Commonweal this week is launching its rather handsome new iPad edition. You can buy single issues or an annual subscription for about the same price as the traditional print flavor. (If you already subscribe to Commonweal in print or on the Web, you’ll have to pay separately for the iPad edition â
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Coming soon to a pulpit near you?

There hasn’t been much comment here about the U.S. bishops’ recent document on preaching, Preaching the Mystery of Faith, approved at their November 2012 meeting. Since it represents a new direction in the bishops’ thoughts about the goal of Sunday preaching, I wonder what people think about
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