October 2020
VOL. 85, NO. 10
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Features
A resurrection people
BY JEAN LOTUS
After fire damages the historic Mission San Gabriel, its parishioners reckon with the past and look to the future.
The next generation
BY SUSAN SALAZ
To form future generations, Catholic schools are changing how they engage with gender and justice issues.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Mother Cabrini, pray for us
BY BISHOP PLÁCIDO RODRIGUEZ, C.M.F.
St. Cabrini continues to remind us of how God guides us in finding our vocations.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Good friends
BY JESSICA MESMAN
Finding community as a Catholic woman can be life changing.
SALT & LIGHT
Let them lead
BY MEGHAN J. CLARK
Despite their grief, the women who followed Jesus went on planning, preparing, and acting.
MARGIN NOTES
Unsafe shelter
BY KEVIN CLARKE
Gender-based violence is a shadow pandemic.
TESTAMENTS
The prophet from elsewhere
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Truth is truth no matter who says it, according to Malcolm X.
GLAD YOU ASKED
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)
Expert Witness
Women’s work
an interview with Mary Henold
In the wake of Vatican II, even moderate Catholic laywomen engaged in the call for church renewal, says this historian.
Essays
Say their names
BY EMILY SANNA
A story from the Book of Judges repeats itself daily in the United States.
Real presence
BY MUMBI KIGUTHA, C.P.P.S.
How can we ensure everyone has access to the sacraments during trying times?
Sounding Board
In her footsteps
BY BERNADETTE RASPANTE
U.S. Catholic readers reflect on the Catholic women who inspire them.
Practicing Catholic
Look to the stars
BY DAVID RUSSELL MOSLEY
The night sky can lead to deep contemplation of both the cosmos and the one who set it in motion.