The easy answer to that question is, we, the church, did. The feasts and seasons of the liturgical year all developed from the church’s desire to remember...
Articles
You won’t find the phrase “original sin” in the Bible. The story of humanity’s “fall” in Genesis 1 doesn’t use the term, and St. Paul, one of the church’s...
Kathy Barkdull started her career in parish ministry the same way many others have: The director of religious education at her parish tapped her on the...
Our understanding of priests, bishops, and deacons has changed dramatically in the church’s long history, says historian Gary Macy. In this web-only...
If necessity is the mother of invention, it’s fair to say that American Catholic school students in the early 20th century were, in a way, the mothers of...
For Rosa Manriquez, it was the Catholic school’s father-daughter dance. For Wendy Diez, it was the e-mail from the preschool teacher addressed to “Mr. and Mrs...
Scandal By Angela Senander (Liturgical Press, 2012) If asked to reflect on the word scandal, most Catholics would immediately think of the clerical sexual...
Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors...
Sing the Delta Iris DeMent (Flariella Records, 2012) At 51, Iris DeMent is no spring chicken, but her music can seem like a time capsule from someplace long...
Kendrick Lamar (Aftermath, 2012) A warning to our readers: This album uses explicit language standard in the hip-hop vernacular. On his major-label debut...
