When Sharon Lavigne was growing up in St. James Parish, Louisiana, her family had a garden and fruit trees. They had livestock, chickens, and fresh eggs. The...
In Person
In Person profiles are stories about lay Catholics whose faith informs their work in the world—from classrooms to courtrooms and beyond.
“I just wanted someone to listen,” said the shirtless man propped on pillows in a hospital bed, his voice cracking and eyes welling as an oxygen tank hissed...
Less than a year after retiring, Joseph Sclafani went right back to work. He knew that his 30 years of obstetric experience could make a major impact in a...
San Francisco–based artist Stefan Salinas, whose webcomic The Sacramental Father Dom tracks the everyday life of a priest, never doubted his vocation. “From as...
Although Catholic themes, characters, and motifs feature prominently in his work, New York–based writer, political historian, and chronicler of all things...
After a winding career path that includes working both as an accountant and a physical therapist along with raising five children, criminal justice reform...
When the COVID-19 pandemic closed school buildings across the country last spring, teachers, families, and students anxiously wondered how they could possibly...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Marybeth Redmond, who serves in the Vermont House of Representatives, advocated for the Vermont legislature to grant...
Detail of St. Peter in stained glass by Sylvia Nicolas. The monks processed silently into their new abbey church. The faint chip, chip, chip of pick on stone...
Becoming a physician was never Marta Kokoszynska’s plan. “I was a math nerd,” she says. But throughout her journey emigrating to the United States and her...
