When she entered religious life, Sister Nancy Sylvester, I.H.M. expected to get a habit and a new name. Instead she got a call to action. As Nancy Sylvester...
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Directed by Steve McQueen (Fox Searchlight, 2013) Idyllic sunsets, moss-covered trees, chirping birds—in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave, this...
As we prepare to flip the calendar to 2014, it is time once again to look back on the year that has passed. 2013 was an exciting year for the Catholic Church...
As we wrap up 2013 and look ahead to a new year in 2014, some of the U.S. Catholic music reviewers took a look back at some of the top songs of the year. Each...
Elvis Costello and The Roots (Blue Note, 2013) The coupling might raise a few eyebrows, but Elvis Costello and hip-hop outfit The Roots have more in common...
When poor diets caused too many early deaths in an urban community, a solution came from an unlikely source—the local mortician. As a 61-year-old mortician...
Despite a few stellar examples, many parishes have a long way to go to make sure all people can literally get in the door. Jane Bittle is an active leader at...
U.S. Catholic readers unwrap the things they love—and dread—about the Christmas season. Christmas, as the old song goes, can be “the most wonderful time...
By Judith Valente (Sorin Books, 2013) As is the case for so many Catholics today, Judith Valente’s faith had been chipped away by the clergy sexual abuse...
I’ve never liked Norman Rockwell. It is not because of his artistic abilities that I do not like him, but because of his subject matter. I am particularly...
