I have no memory. Every Palm Sunday I join the parade of parishioners, waving palm branches and singing “Hosanna” as we process into church. Each year, I am...
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One university president shares tips on how to welcome and support undocumented students. My involvement with immigration reform started with one student on a...
My first year working as a youth minister, I had a group of about 10 or 12 kids who came on a regular basis. These were kids whose families routinely went to...
In honor of National Catholic Sisters Week—and may I just point out that the church celebrated an entire Year of the Priest in 2009—I would like to debunk the...
Does your parish have Mass appeal? Try these tips to help liven up your Sunday liturgies. Let’s start with a confession from a Vatican II Catholic. About 15...
“The heavens proclaim the glory of God,” writes the psalmist. As an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, I get to enjoy those proclamations on a daily...
A veteran education reporter offers a progress report on whether our education system is meeting its obligation to teach the children well. “I started my...
Hollywood’s recent flood of slavery-themed films might be a sign that our nation is finally ready to confront the sins of its past. Theodore Parker, the...
The blessings of a college education often come with the curse of tens of thousands in loans. Catholic colleges are helping students get their degrees without...
By Carol Lee Flinders (Orbis, 2013) In a previous study, Carol Lee Flinders profiled some of the best-known women among medieval Christian mystics: Teresa of...
