The kids in the Catholic seventh grade classroom—Hispanics, Filipinos, African Americans, and my own Irish American offspring—took on a project to highlight...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
My father came home from his service in the Marines in the South Pacific to marry the redheaded girl of his dreams, whom he’d met at St. Francis De Sales in...
Parents have much to say about the church and their children. The young priest preached on the sanctity of life at a Denver hospice. Afterward an older couple...
Recently my friend Angela called me in tears. Angela, 31, and her husband have been married for three years, and they are very well-suited: They can spend...
A new approach to student ministry is changing the Catholic presence on the quad. A young man and woman stop short of the Arizona State University Memorial...
An icon of Catholic social justice, Catherine de Hueck Doherty found that living among the poor helped her find stillness and peace. For me, the distinct pull...
The road to sainthood is difficult, but newly canonized Jeanne Jugan knew that patience would bring otherworldly success. In the last few years I have been a...
During the horrors of World War II, Chiara Lubich lived with a group of young women companions in Trent, Italy. “While in the air-raid shelter, we came upon...
Actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan is serious about faith and family, but that hasn’t stopped her from being funny, too. She’s appeared in more than 25...
It’s a new year, and time to get cracking on those resolutions. In addition to those vows to exercise regularly, eat better, save money, get organized, and...
