Our churches are filled with potential youth leaders. They might sit a few pews over from you at Sunday Mass. They might live in your neighborhood. You might...
Young adults
Mary Ellen and Casey Lopata's lives changed drastically during Thanksgiving weekend 1983. That's when their oldest son, Jim, came home from...
Anyone who survives the dentist's drill should be able to pass this acid test. As I sit terrified in a car crammed with 15-year-old boys, my own at the...
As a 39-year-old husband and father, much of Mark's life is taken up with the daily and often demanding tasks of family, including spending time with his 6...
When your teenage daughter tells you that the Dalai Lama has a lot more going for him than the pope, do you have an answer for her? Just what about Catholicism...
What kind of changes has the 20th century brought to Catholics in the United States? If I were a sociologist in 1900 and someone asked me to predict how...
If you're a current college student, chances are Facebook.com is the homepage on your laptop. Which means you're spending way more time...
Catholic college students get schooled in peace and protest at the annual School of the Americas vigil. "Close it down!" Patrick Eccles, a...
Young people can change the world, this Muslim interfaith organizer says. They just need a chance to share their traditions with each other. Eboo Patel greatly...
Former full-time volunteers confess that their experiences change them for good. "This feels like a homecoming," Beth Knobbe told a retreat...