I love Walt Disney theme parks. I patiently wait for the next opportunity to visit, counting down the days with excitement and anticipation. I yearn for the...
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A search of #catholictattoo on Instagram yields thousands of results. Our Lady of Sorrows cries juicy tears on biceps; rosaries snake down forearms and wrists;...
In the July 2022 issue of U.S. Catholic, we talked to Marcia Lane-McGee and Shannon Wimp Schmidt about their new book, Fat Luther, Slim...
Historian Shannen Dee Williams had never seen a Black nun until she stumbled across a 1968 news story about the founding of the National Black Sisters’...
It’s easy to mistake pilgrimage for spiritual tourism. “So, you’re traveling throughout Spain, visiting cool places, and eating good food? And that’s a...
Readings (Year C): Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21 – 23Psalms 90:3 – 4, 5 – 6, 12 – 13, 14 & 17Colossians 3:1 – 5, 9 – 11Luke...
Who’s Black and Why? Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran (Harvard University Press, 2022) Anti-Black racism has an origin. “Race” and the...
Batter Up: Answering the Call of Faith & Fatherhood James R. Walters (New City Press, 2022) Now that I am a father of two young children, I see the world...
I have never been a gardener. Despite my best intentions, any plants I try to tend typically wither up and die before I can enjoy the fruits of my labor...
As the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest to settle her young, My home is by your altars, LORD of hosts, my king and my God! Blessed are those who...
