By Valerie Sayers (Northwestern University, 2013) Any novel in which the characters converse with Hall of Fame Yankee slugger Joe DiMaggio and his roommate...
Author - Catherine O'Connell-Cahill
The only test I ever flunked was in my freshman year of Catholic high school, when after being out sick a few days, I returned to biology to be handed—to my...
When We Were the Kennedys By Monica Wood (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012) Monica Wood writes that her book When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico...
Death and life often travel hand in hand on the Christian journey. Brother's son and his wife just had their first baby, a little boy. His name is Colin...
Visiting seven churches in the late hours of Holy Thursday is sure to awaken the spirit. The travels of faith depend on many means of transport. Elijah took...
By Brian Doyle (ACTA Publications, 2011) Brian Doyle must have been listening intently when poet Mary Oliver proclaimed, “Attentiveness is the beginning of all...
The kids in the Catholic seventh grade classroom—Hispanics, Filipinos, African Americans, and my own Irish American offspring—took on a project to highlight...
Presents are a dime a dozen this time of year. But presence—that’s another matter entirely. The ability of family members to be truly present to one...
Directed by Matt Leonard (A Word on Fire/Picture Show Films Production, 2011) Father Robert Barron, a Chicago priest who has appeared often in the pages of...
Bren Ortega Murphy and Michael Whalen’s fascinating documentary, A Question of Habit, screened to a standing-room-only audience last month at Loyola...
