October 2020

VOL. 85, NO. 10

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Features

A resurrection people

BY JEAN LOTUS

After fire damages the historic Mission San Gabriel, its parishioners reckon with the past and look to the future.

The next generation

BY SUSAN SALAZ

To form future generations, Catholic schools are changing how they engage with gender and justice issues.

Columns

THE EXAMINED LIFE

Mother Cabrini, pray for us

BY BISHOP PLÁCIDO RODRIGUEZ, C.M.F.
St. Cabrini continues to remind us of how God guides us in finding our vocations.

CULTURE IN CONTEXT

Good friends

BY JESSICA MESMAN
Finding community as a Catholic woman can be life changing.

SALT & LIGHT

Let them lead

BY MEGHAN J. CLARK
Despite their grief, the women who followed Jesus went on planning, preparing, and acting.

MARGIN NOTES

Unsafe shelter

BY KEVIN CLARKE
Gender-based violence is a shadow pandemic.

TESTAMENTS

The prophet from elsewhere

BY ALICE CAMILLE
Truth is truth no matter who says it, according to Malcolm X.

GLAD YOU ASKED

Departments

Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
Signs of the Times (News)
Catholic Tastes (Humor)
Reviews
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)

Expert Witness

Women’s work

an interview with Mary Henold

In the wake of Vatican II, even moderate Catholic laywomen engaged in the call for church renewal, says this historian.

Essays

Say their names

BY EMILY SANNA
A story from the Book of Judges repeats itself daily in the United States.

Real presence

BY MUMBI KIGUTHA, C.P.P.S.
How can we ensure everyone has access to the sacraments during trying times?

Sounding Board

In her footsteps

BY BERNADETTE RASPANTE
U.S. Catholic readers reflect on the Catholic women who inspire them.

Practicing Catholic

Look to the stars

BY DAVID RUSSELL MOSLEY
The night sky can lead to deep contemplation of both the cosmos and the one who set it in motion.

Home Faith

Nurturing faith

BY SUSAN SALAZ

A homily written by a teenage girl ignites important conversations.