Subversive Habits By Shannen Dee Williams (Duke University Press, 2022) I recently found a book I received as a first communion gift. It is about famous...
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Before turning 13, being Catholic was easy for me. I went to a parochial school and was surrounded by a big Irish family at almost every waking moment. I knew...
I Pray for My Enemies Joy Harjo (Joy Harjo, 2021) In tumultuous times, to whom do we go for wisdom? In many cultures, poets, elders, and religious figures are...
Dust in the Blood By Jessica Coblentz (Liturgical Press Academic, 2022) “There are some things one knows from living them, even suffering them, and the story...
Who were you before you were born? Who will you be after you die? In church circles the responses to these questions might quickly move in the direction of...
The Fallout Directed by Megan Park (SSS Entertainment, 2021) “I feel so empty,” 16-year-old Vada (Jenna Ortega) tells her father in The Fallout, writer and...
In the Disney film Encanto, the Madrigal family’s story begins when Abuela and Abuelo flee civil war in their home country of Colombia. Abuelo sacrifices...
The Monastic Heart By Joan Chittister (Convergent Books, 2021) In the sixth century, disheartened by the corruption and chaos of Rome, St. Benedict of Nursia...
Until Now Carrie Newcomer (Available Light Records, 2021) Carrie Newcomer’s latest album, Until Now, comes at just the right time, as many of us feel divided...
Luca Directed by Enrico Casarosa (Disney/Pixar, 2021) With Disney/Pixar dominating mainstream theatrical releases for the past 20 years, you likely are not...
