Columnists
Learning Patience
{Warning: I mention miscarriage in this post – not mine – but it comes up.} There we were, waiting in the waiting room. Waiting rooms
Amanda Sloan
January 26, AD 2015
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Art
Against Those Who Call Religious Art Idolatry
Often times Catholics are called pagans and idol worshipers for depicting Christ, expressing Him in religious art, and expressing Him in statues. This is true
Matthew Heinrich
January 23, AD 2015
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Raising family and tiny homes
“The moral causes of prosperity… reside in a constellation of virtues: industriousness, competence, order, honesty, initiative, frugality, thrift, spirit of service, keeping one’s word, daring
J.Q. Tomanek
January 21, AD 2015
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Being Old
Recently I helped move my wife’s grandma into her new assisted living facility. It is a nice place, and the folks who live there seem
Ryan Kraeger
January 19, AD 2015
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Columnists
Reflections from the Crowds
I volunteered to be part of the “human barricade” in one of the scheduled events during the current papal visit to my country. Our job
Cristina Montes
January 16, AD 2015
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Columnists
Dealing with Anti-Catholicism
My country is now in a frenzied mood because of Pope’s arrival. Families, friends, and church groups are making plans to attend public gatherings. Eucharistic
Cristina Montes
January 15, AD 2015
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Columnists
Correct Inculturation
In Pope Benedict XVI’s book “The Spirit of the Liturgy,” he spends a good deal of time on the postures of prayer and the correct
Jason Theobald
January 13, AD 2015
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Fr. Mike Schmitz, on Discerning Vocations: “Be More Courageous”
This post is part of a monthly series on my blog, called PRIESTS & NUNS ARE COOL! in which I interview a priest or a nun
Arleen Spenceley
January 3, AD 2015
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Columnists
A Wish-List from a Parish Priest
A parish priest from the Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama, is working to raise funds for one of the two parishes he staffs. Holy Rosary
Rachel Zamarron
December 27, AD 2014
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Columnists
Enough
Here I am, finally sitting down to write this, write something, procrastinating once again (or just finally getting around to this, it’s a dice roll
Theresa Williams
December 23, AD 2014
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Could you not stay awake for one hour?
I love holy hours. In the last year or so they have become my favorite devotion, and I try to make a holy hour as
Ryan Kraeger
December 22, AD 2014
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Columnists
Tweeting While in the Adoration Chapel…
I was in the adoration chapel and I had an urge to tweet. I was so enthralled by Fr. Robert Barron’s eloquence on the life
TJ Burdick
December 20, AD 2014
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Art
The Worlds of Difference an “S” Can Make
When it comes to revising old hymn texts, I am typically a curmudgeon. I find excision as it is usually practiced a patronizing exercise in
Sean Connolly
December 17, AD 2014
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Columnists
The Beauty of the Season
“This season is not about all the stuff, this season is about a promise that what God says God will do, He will do. Even
Jason Theobald
December 16, AD 2014
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Columnists
Why I Got Married in a Church
I’ve been to some beautiful weddings in some ugly churches. Either the carpet was old, the tabernacle was weird, the lighting was off, or the
Lauren Meyers
December 15, AD 2014
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Columnists
Hope in Season
What does it mean to have hope? I keep returning to this question in my many musings. There are, in a sense, two mistakes which
Nicene Guy
December 9, AD 2014
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Columnists
Jesus and Motherhood: Feeding the Masses
Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days
Sarah Babbs
December 8, AD 2014
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Sacred Silence
Silence is painful. It can be torturous. At times, we can’t even comprehend how to be silent. This society allows us to reach almost any piece
Lianna Mueller
December 6, AD 2014
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Columnists
From the Realms of Glory
I imagine angels to be like responsible teenagers asked to babysit their toddler siblings. I’m sure that my own guardian angel is often exasperated with
Erin Cain
December 3, AD 2014
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T. S. Eliot and the Widow’s Mite
It was with great excitement a few weeks ago that I began reading “T. S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life,” by Lyndall Gordon. It would be
Ryan Kraeger
November 24, AD 2014
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Columnists
Waking Up to Your Vocation
“Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing…” As a mom to a toddler and a preschooler, I spend a lot of time listening to
Megan Twomey
November 20, AD 2014
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