November 2021
VOL. 86, NO. 11
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Features
Go make a difference
BY MARIÁ BALATA, KEN BUTIGAN, JAMES EHLERS, VANESA ZULETA GOLDBERG, AND PAUL W. HAMANN
Five activists share how God has influenced their vocations.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Peace and possibility
BY JESSIE BAZAN
Death is not the end.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Change makers
BY DANNY DUNCAN COLLUM
A Hulu documentary offers a glimpse of high school students’ serious struggles—and the hope that lies within.
SALT & LIGHT
A table for all
BY DAVID CLOUTIER
The Eucharist and our political lives must coincide.
MARGIN NOTES
After the rain
BY KEVIN CLARKE
Climate change makes a landfall.
TESTAMENTS
Unexpected guests
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Gathering is a gift. Next time someone shows up unexpectedly, bring out your best plates.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Expert Witness
Moving pictures
an interview with Antonio D. Sison, C.PP.S.
Film is a reflective space for what’s happening around us, says this theologian and film critic.
Essay
Final lessons
BY MICHAEL E. DESANCTIS
The solemn funeral Mass of St. Pope John Paul II gave Catholics a glimpse of unity.
Sounding Board
This old church
BY JOHN CHRISTMAN, S.S.S.
What should we do with unused church buildings?
Wise Guides
From the depths
BY NATHANIEL HUNTER
Oscar Wilde’s struggle with suffering and reconciliation has lessons for us all.
Home Faith
A silent saint
BY MATT PAOLELLI
Like St. Joseph, find holiness in quiet strength.
