Vol. 81, No. 5
Cover
What is spirituality?
An interview with Peter Feldmeier
Follow your heart, and it will lead you to God, says this professor of spirituality.
Feature
A deficit of hope
by Kristen Hannum
Our country’s juvenile justice system is broken. America’s youth needs the church to stand up and demand a change.
Feature
A church for the ages
by Hope Wabuke
Catholics say ancient roots and meaningful traditions keep them in the church despite its complicated history.
Sidebars:
An enchanted faith
By Emily Sanna
Being Catholic is cool again
By Shanna Johnson
Reader Survey
Stop celebrating the sacrament of departure
by Father Mark R. Francis, C.S.V.
Too many Catholics consider confirmation a graduation event. So let’s change the age we celebrate the sacrament and make it as exciting as the first day of school.
Essay
Plugging into family
by Annemarie Scobey
This summer, consider a vacation from tech time to connect with loved ones.
Essay
Your first rosary
by Brian Doyle
Wise Guides: A life for love
by Ellyn Sanna
Christian mystic Julian of Norwich found God’s love perpetually present, even in the tiny cell where she was willingly confined.
Columns
The Examined Life: The dark night
By Father Bryan Massingale
Margin Notes: It’s just good business
By Kevin Clarke
Culture in Context: Money for the masses
By Danny Duncan Collum
At Home with our Faith: Live the questions
By Annemarie Scobey
Glad You Asked: What do Protestants think of Mary?
By Kevin Considine
Testaments: The dark side of the works
By Alice Camille
Departments
Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
Signs of the Times (News)
Catholic Tastes (Humor)
Reviews
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)
