When the Archdiocese of Chicago launched its Renew My Church campaign for diocesan renewal in 2016, the diocese reminded Chicago Catholics: God’s desire for...
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Readings (Year C): Proverbs 8:22-31Psalms 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15 Reflection: Everything that the Father has is mine In this year’s Trinity...
Religious orders offer a unique way of living out one’s faith and contributing to the mission of the church. Each is a calling not suited to everyone. But for...
The French Dispatch Directed by Wes Anderson (American Empirical Pictures, 2021) The French Dispatch is a paean to highbrow, narrative journalism. With poetic...
Most of what I read about the topic of vocation strikes me as trite and cliché. “Listen to your inner voice.” “Follow God’s call.” “Allow yourself to be led by...
The cliché—though it’s true—is that kids teach their parents far more than their parents teach them. I have found this most often to be the case in perspective...
Readings (Year C): Acts 2:1-11Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 341 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13John 20:19-23 Reflection: The Spirit is poured out on all flesh...
Father Matthew Schneider had a “pretty normal Catholic upbringing,” he says. His family went to Mass on Sundays, he attended Catholic school, and he was an...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: I have friends who are atheists and I am a loyal believer. It seems that every time I bring up my...
Infinite Regress By Joshua Hren (Angelico Press, 2022) Novelist and poet Joshua Hren’s latest work, Infinite Regress, pits the existentialist’s nihilism...
