Between the ages of 8 and 10, I spent considerable time hoping for a Marian apparition. In the mid-1960s, Lourdes and Fatima were still on the lips of...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
Father J. Glenn Murray, S.J. describes what a good liturgy means from an African American perspective. Most Catholics are most Catholic when they attend Sunday...
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...
Most parents, if asked, can tell you in two words what they want for their children: "the best." But what does "the best" mean when it...
Tell us about your own prayer life. When did you start doing fixed-hour prayer? Although the roots of regular daily prayer go back to my college years, it...
What Mary Hansen rmembers about her father's sudden death 22 years ago was praying the rosary at St. Anthony's Church in Tigard, Oregon. She and...
On an otherwise sunny day The Holy Mountain is enveloped in fog. It may be an omen. A hundred meters out, there's a white statue of the saint. Those who...
In a classroom at Mt. St. Vincent's College in the Bronx, New York, Professor Rob Jacklowsky guides his class of sophomore and junior English majors...
In 1975 the unthinkable happened: Paula D'Arcy lost her husband, Roy, and 21-month-old daughter, Sarah, after a drunk driver hit their car. Pregnant at the...
