In a 1990s article from Salt of the Earth, Jack Jezreel wrote about the surprising success of JustFaith, the parish-based program on social justice, at...
Parish life
On the whole, U.S. Catholic readers sing praises for their parishes. Sounding Boards are one person’s take on a many-sided subject and do not necessarily...
The U.S. Catholic Church today is undergoing profound cultural, social, and leadership transitions. It’s at the parish level that conflicts arise and new...
The most vibrant parishes focus as much on ministry to the poor as they do on ministry in the liturgy, says the founder of JustFaith Ministries. In 1988 Jack...
"It's a zoo," sighs Father Donald B. Cozzens, who had been hoping for a quiet sabbatical to finish writing his next book. Instead, the...
The editors interview Father Robert Barron. "For too long we've had a preferential option for mediocrity in the priesthood," laments Father...
For many, it is one of those assuring, evocative aromas, the kind that launches a cascade of warm and welcome childhood memories and recollections of sacred...
In year two of the sex-abuse scandal, it it time for the laity to brush up on their leadership skills? About 200 laypeople from some 50 Chicago-area parishes...
The priest shortage is generating some creative solutions to parish staffing, but they require a little flexibility and a healthy sense of humor on the part of...
Once ubiquitous, the parish priest is disappearing into thin air, with troubling effects on young Catholic imaginations. A few years ago while teaching, I...
