Mariette Baptiste, a young postulant at the Sisters of the Crucifixion convent, kneels to receive the Eucharist. Behind her, parishioners rush forward or shift...
Books and literature
To my lasting regret, my eyes once locked with Brian Doyle’s and I didn’t speak to him. It was November 2015, and he was standing alone, available for...
Before his conversion to Christianity, C.S. Lewis was stopped by a railway bookseller while preparing to board a train. He purchased a copy of George...
When I was little, one of my favorite book series was the Emily of New Moon books by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The main character loves to write and makes friends...
Christ in the Storm: An Extraordinary Blessing for a Suffering WorldBy Pope Francis (Ave Maria Press, 2020) Christ in the Storm: An Extraordinary Blessing for...
I was introduced to writer Brian Doyle only a year ago. I blame this on the fact that I’m a convert, not a cradle Catholic. In many ways, I think God was...
Read The Moment of TendernessBy Madeleine L’Engle (Grand Central Publishing, 2020) “The world had changed all of a sudden and it wasn’t hers anymore.” Little...
The Catholic Church is often referred to as a “big tent” under which people of all backgrounds and perspectives can gather together in faith. In the literary...
Read The Least of These By Carla Swafford Works (Eerdmans, 2020) “The apostle Paul does not have a reputation for caring about ‘the least of these,’ ”...
“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” This was James Baldwin’s incisive critique on the pretty words of white people, especially white...
