June 2022

VOL. 87, NO. 6

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Features

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In the midst

BY SUSAN SALAZ

Immersive missions have an essential role in vocational discernment.

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Think differently

BY SHANNA JOHNSON

Churches need to make room for neurodivergent people, says Father Matthew Schneider.

Columns

THE EXAMINED LIFE

Father figures

BY EMILY SANNA
To see God as father, start with the family photo album.

CULTURE IN CONTEXT

A whole new world

BY PAMELA HILL NETTLETON
In a reimagined Around the World in Eighty Days, a new way of life brings a glimmer of hope.

SALT & LIGHT

Led by the Spirit

BY FATHER BRYAN MASSINGALE
To discover your vocation, ask yourself: What brings you great joy?

MARGIN NOTES

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Hear our prayer

BY KEVIN CLARKE
As college costs escalate, do vocations have a prayer?

TESTAMENTS

The language of love

BY ALICE CAMILLE
From Babel to Pentecost, scripture reminds us to find the beauty of God through our words to one another.

GLAD YOU ASKED

Departments

Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
Signs of the Times (News)
Catholic Tastes (Humor)
Reviews (Music, Film, Books)
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)

Practicing Catholic

Join in

BY KAREN ROSS
Try integrating yoga practices into your spiritual routine.

Essay

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We are called

BY MATTHEW GUMMESS, O. CARM.
The Spirit calls each and every one of us to a unique vocational path. Are you listening?

Sounding Board

A web of grace

BY REBECCA BRATTEN WEISS
Two years after the pandemic began, virtual church remains. Perhaps it is the gift Catholics weren’t looking for.

Expert Witness

Changing spaces

An interview with Bishop Joseph N. Perry
Parish closures and shifting demographics point us toward a new way of understanding church.

Home Faith

Through their eyes

BY DON CLEMMER
Childlike wonder is fragile and fleeting. It’s also important.