Growing up in northern Virginia, Derek Eisel had a front-row seat to a changing world. He watched forests cut down and bucolic pasture land paved over into...
Works of mercy
Explore U.S. Catholic stories and reflections on the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, from feeding the hungry to comforting the afflicted.
Michael Denson lives in a state where 87 percent of the residents support the death penalty. As far as the Frisco, Texas man is concerned, that's all the...
Six years ago, Sharyn Gildea descended to the darkest place a mother could possibly go. David, her handsome, sweet son, plagued by depression and drugs, hanged...
For nearly 40 years gastroenterologist Donald Douglas of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania practiced medicine in the traditional way. He worked in comfortable medical...
When Ed Smith retired from his law practice, he and his wife, Linda, dreamed of all the things they would do. But three months later, he was diagnosed with...
These people of faith are volunteering outside the box when it comes to serving those in need. Read on to learn how they are putting their faith to work and...
Nobody likes to do taxes. That includes James McLaughlin, a Chicago-based attorney with the firm Kirkland & Ellis. But there's an upside to the...
Feeling helpless about starving children in Asia or even next door? If you're looking for ways to put food on your neighbor's tables, these five...
First of all, Dorothy Day taught me that justice begins on our knees. I have never known anyone, not even in monasteries, who was more of a praying person than...
By Michael Christopher This article appeared in the September 1979 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 44, No. 9, pages 49-51). It is a contemporary truism...
