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U.S. Catholic ∙ Vol. 75, No. 8 ∙ August 2010

75 YEARS OF U.S. CATHOLIC

WEB ONLY! Special section on our 75th anniversary

The great awakening
"Pay, pray, and obey" has never really been the motto of the Catholic laity, reports J. Peter Nixon, but few could have foreseen just how passé that old saw would become when U.S. Catholic began 75 years ago.
Sidebar: The Catholic Web: Laity online

Issues that matter
In more than 46,000 pages over seven decades, U.S. Catholic has captured the spirit and the struggle of American Catholicism, writes Father Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. But while art, color, and layout may have changed, the mission has stayed the same.
Sidebar: Our kind of town: Chicago Catholicism and U.S. Catholic

It makes a difference whether you're Catholic
Angela C. Batie updates a 1979 Sounding Board with a host of good reasons why being Catholic (still) matters. Readers fill out her list in Feedback, invoking both a rich past and a positive hope for the future.
WEB ONLY! Read James Brieg's essay from 1979
WEB ONLY! Compare today's results to 1979's results

Image and likeness
Great photos make great magazines, and U.S. Catholic has featured the picture-perfect work of photojournalists such as Ed Lettau, Paul Conklin, Martin Leuders, and Carlos Javier Ortiz, who have often covered a not-so-perfect world.

WEB ONLY! The Internet age: U.S. Catholic online

EXPERT WITNESS

We are the world
The Vatican takes the global view when it comes to peace and justice, says the pope's primary peacemaker, Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, in Expert Witness.

ESSAY/OPINION

Keep the faith
Despite a rough-and-tumble world and the missteps of its managers, the church is still a place to call home, writes Bishop Francis A. Quinn, bishop emeritus of Sacramento, California.

Fake it till you make it
St. Genesius found his faith in the footlights, writes fellow actor Dan Cawthon in Wise Guide. Christians should all be seeking an Oscar-worthy performance of our own life of Christ.

DEPARTMENTS

Editors' Note
You May Be Right Letters
Signs of the Times News
Catholic Tastes
Culture in Context: Reviews
Glad You Asked: Where do we get the Marion Dogmas?
At Home with Our Faith
Eye of the Beholder 
Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.

COLUMNS

The Examined Life - Bryan Cones
Pastoral discretion advised
Margin Notes - Kevin Clarke
Let's do shots!
Culture in Context - Patrick McCormick
What would Jesus report?
Testaments - Alice Camille
Sing an old song