January 2022
VOL. 87, NO. 1
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Features
Treading water
BY TERESA CODA
A decades-long study on vulnerable families can help inform the church’s pro-life agenda.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
New growth
BY JOHN CHRISTMAN, S.S.S.
What can you let go of this year?
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Social work
BY DANNY DUNCAN COLLUM
The Netflix series Maid highlights the need for public policy that supports families.
SALT & LIGHT
From the ground up
BY MEGHAN J. CLARK
A Jesuit’s legacy leaves us the tools to build a more just global community.
MARGIN NOTES
Our big family
BY KEVIN CLARKE
Human life is not only sacred—it’s social.
TESTAMENTS
No place like home
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Home is a sacred place, not just a space to store our stuff.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Expert Witness
Domestic church
an interview with Christina R. Zaker
Family spirituality benefits everyone, says this practical theologian.
Essays
Seen and heard
BY SHANNON K. EVANS
Catholic family values mean more than obedience.
More than one kind of mother
BY JESSIE VERM
A mom learns lessons in parenting from her foster daughter.
Sounding Board
Planning parenthood
BY JOHN T. GROSSO
How do you know when it’s the right time to have a baby?
Wise Guides
Guided by love
BY PATRICK SAINT-JEAN, S.J.
At a fork in the road, St. Ignatius stumbled into God’s grace.
Home Faith
Don’t worry
BY DON CLEMMER
Avoid the doom scroll and choose hope.
