Vol. 78, No. 10
Cover
Paranormal activity
By Tim Townsend
Are things that go bump in the night a silly superstition, or a supernatural visit from beyond the grave? Catholics who have ghostly visions are still searching for answers, and the church itself isn’t ruling anything out.
Web-only sidebars:
Who are Catholics gonna call when they see a ghost?
Ghosts of Christians past: The church’s long history of spooks and hauntings
Feature
When one door closes…
By J.D. Long-Garcia
Of the many parishes that have reached the end of their run, only a select few have come back for an encore. But as some parishioners have discovered, the reopening act doesn’t always go smoothly.
Web-only sidebar:
What’s the difference between closing a parish and closing a church?
Sounding Board
Annie get your background check
By Sister Marge Clark, B.V.M. and Rachael Travis
Americans have been blown away by the overwhelming number of gun deaths, and it’s time to fire back against the culture of violence. In Feedback, readers debate the bullet points of gun control proposals.
Photo Story
Hope included
Photos by Ken Carl, Text by Jo McGowan
When one woman realized no school in India could meet the special needs of her child, she decided to start her own. She didn’t realize at the time that she was also starting a revolution.
Essays
(Essays, short stories, and poems may not be available online.)
Grave doubts
By Valerie Schultz
We’ll never know for sure what awaits us after this life comes to an end. But our faith is often strongest when we don’t have all the answers.
Practicing Catholic: Don’t look now
By Molly Jo Rose
Keeping unnecessary distractions out of sight is the best way to keep them out of mind—and to stay focused on the things that really matter.
Departments
Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
Signs of the Times (News)
Catholic Tastes (Humor)
Culture in Context: Music, film, and book reviews
At Home with Our Faith (Family spirituality)
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)
Glad You Asked: What is 666 in the Bible?
Columns
The Examined Life: Don’t fear the climb
By Bryan Cones
Margin Notes: It’s getting hot in here
By Kevin Clarke
Culture in Context: Unexplained mysteries
By Meghan Murphy-Gill
Testaments: On-the-job training
By Alice Camille
