The U.S. Catholic bishops’ guidelines for Lenten fasting and abstinence absolve children from the dietary restrictions, but as a family we have always chosen...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
How do you prepare a Catholic wedding between a born-and-raised Salvadoran Catholic and the only nondenominational convert in a nonreligious Chinese family...
My wife and I are in the thick of the newborn phase with our first baby, Frances. In normal times, parenting a newborn is intense: sleepless nights, constant...
I remember being a new mother and feeling more tired than ever. My baby didn’t sleep well, and I wondered how I was going to get through the day, let...
Veronica is the patron saint of photographers and laundry workers, but in my humble opinion, she would be just as suited to be the patron of one of the key...
He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” Mark 6:31 I’d heard the phrase “silence is golden” all my life. But I...
Like most pet owners, I know that my three-year-old Siberian Husky named Rahner (yes, after the German Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner) has a distinctive...
Since 2008, every year before Christmas I have posted an invitation at the website I shepherd, inviting people to listen for a word to guide them in the year...
Catherine Conybeare is Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities and professor of Greek, Latin, and classical studies at Bryn Mawr College. “I never intended to...
“Now I appeal to you, brothers and sister, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among...
