Black Lives Matter. In 2013 Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi crafted the phrase. It was a cry, a protest, and a new way of political organizing...
Author - Kevin P. Considine
Many mornings, before my family gets up, I walk out of the bedroom, go outside, kneel down, and pray. Not because I am particularly holy or good. I am neither...
A devil’s bargain: This is when one exchanges one’s soul for worldly benefits. It’s more common than you think. For many, a devil’s bargain comes...
Isabel Flores de Oliva (1586-1617) and Juan Martín de Porres Velázquez (1579–1639) were contemporaries. They both lived in Lima, Peru and were lay Dominicans...
Across the nation, attacks against Asian Americans are on the rise. There have been stabbings in Texas, assaults in New York and San Francisco, and physical...
“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” This was James Baldwin’s incisive critique on the pretty words of white people, especially white...
Honk, Honk Honk. “Black Lives Matter!” Beep, Beep, Beep. “Black Lives Matter!” Voices and car horns synchronized to create a rhythm of solidarity...
I am the father of two boys. Like all children, they sometimes cause harm without intending to do so. When they were very young, my wife and I would tell them:...
Some Catholic traditions are strange. After all, our “big tent” of traditions includes relics—oftentimes the body parts of saints—apparitions, weeping statues...
When I was a boy attending Catholic school, the annunciation was one of the joyful mysteries that the good sisters had me commit to memory: The angel visits...
