After writing 15 novels, Louise Erdrich decided it was time to tell the story of her maternal grandfather, Patrick Gourneau. An Ojibwe tribal chairman raised...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching By Mark Shea (New City Press, 2020) Smart people keep an outfit honest, often to the...
Mariette Baptiste, a young postulant at the Sisters of the Crucifixion convent, kneels to receive the Eucharist. Behind her, parishioners rush forward or shift...
To my lasting regret, my eyes once locked with Brian Doyle’s and I didn’t speak to him. It was November 2015, and he was standing alone, available for...
Before his conversion to Christianity, C.S. Lewis was stopped by a railway bookseller while preparing to board a train. He purchased a copy of George...
What if way back in 1947 Hollywood had produced films by Black screenwriters featuring gay actors for studios run by women? Would the world look different...
When I was little, one of my favorite book series was the Emily of New Moon books by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The main character loves to write and makes friends...
Christ in the Storm: An Extraordinary Blessing for a Suffering WorldBy Pope Francis (Ave Maria Press, 2020) Christ in the Storm: An Extraordinary Blessing for...
The defining image of the COVID-19 pandemic may be that of an old person in a hospital bed connected to the full spectrum of medical industry resources but...
Read The Moment of TendernessBy Madeleine L’Engle (Grand Central Publishing, 2020) “The world had changed all of a sudden and it wasn’t hers anymore.” Little...
