A priest ponders ways to get young Catholics to confession. He was a 16-year-old Catholic high school student who entered my confessional during a school...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
A group of young people in the Bronx finds that by beautifying an old eyesore, they’ve unleashed a desire to serve their community. David Shuffler walks...
It’s time to get the petroleum monkey off our backs. I recently looked around me to catalog all the things made from oil. The plastics in and of...
I shy away from many popular spiritual movements, which seem to come and go like feathers in the breeze. But Celtic spirituality is not one of these. Celtic...
I have been a Christian for 35 years, first as a Baptist and now as a Roman Catholic convert. I grew up in the Baptist church and loved its preaching, gospel...
I was doing dishes in the kitchen last week when my son Jacob came in and started unloading the dishwasher. While generally dishwasher unloading is a job that...
In this edited version of her acceptance speech for the 2004 U.S. Catholic Award, author Joyce Rupp describes herself as a spiritual midwife...
Sister Joan Chittister argues that we should not be so quick to abandon the practice of going hungry during Lent and throughout the year. IF IRELAND IS A...
To the undiscerning seeker, the slew of spiritual books on bestseller lists and bookstore shelves these days can be overwhelming. Tantalizing titles promise...
Convicted criminals rarely inspire much compassion. They are, after all, the people who actually do the things we have nightmares about-armed robbery, rape...
