Family
Passing On Motherhood
I’ve always loved my mom. It could be that hindsight is 20/20, but I don’t remember my teenage years being awful. My mom and I
Amanda Sloan
January 7, AD 2015
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Catholic Education
Curiosity, Wonder, and Wisdom
In a short but provocative reflection, Prof. J. Budziszewski calls curiosity the enemy of wonder. In so doing, he is drawing a distinction between the
Nicene Guy
January 6, AD 2015
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College
Clinging to Tradition
This time of year is usually filled with traditions: both family traditions and liturgical traditions, which shape our experience of Christmas. Traditions serve a great
Erin Cain
December 31, AD 2014
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Life
The Beggar In Me
I’ll be honest, more often than not when I pass a homeless person or someone begging on the side of the road I give them
Amanda Sloan
December 29, AD 2014
3 Comments
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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Life
What Begging for Money Taught Me About the Richness of Poverty
$30,000. 3 days. We had 3 days to raise $30,000, and I had no idea how we would pull it off. It was my senior
Olivia Spears
December 19, AD 2014
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Life
The Power of Tradition
My husband and I are currently navigating our way through our first holiday season as a married couple. Many life lessons learned, many tears of
Emma King
December 17, AD 2014
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Career
A Servant’s Heart
Last night, my husband Will and I put our little daughter Grace to bed and had our first moments of alone time… barely, before Will had
J.R. Baldwin
December 12, AD 2014
2 Comments
College
Helpful Advent Links
Advent is my favorite liturgical season. I become extremely excited when Advent is coming, and love observing it by wearing my purple “Advent scarves,” painting
Abigail C. Reimel
December 11, AD 2014
2 Comments
Life
What’s Keeping You from Becoming a Saint?
Bigger is always better. That’s the maxim of our culture. From our vehicles to our buildings, from our paychecks to our television screens, we are
Bob Waruszewski
December 10, AD 2014
8 Comments
Life
Holding a Light in the Village Square
Here in the United States, religious liberties are fast eroding Last night on the news, I saw a segment about public schools near me (Montgomery
Siobhan Benitez
November 29, AD 2014
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Life
Joyful Mysteries and the Christian Life
I have always experienced the Rosary and its fruits as independent items, that is, when I meditate on the carrying of the Cross, I grow
Emma King
November 19, AD 2014
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College
Crawling to Heaven
If studying the saints has taught me anything, it is that there are many ways to travel the narrow road to Heaven. While some lived
Abigail C. Reimel
November 17, AD 2014
4 Comments
Family
Stay-At-Home-Moms are Warriors
I am ever more convinced of this: mothers who stay at home with children, especially when it comes to large families, are brave. They put
Julie Machado
November 13, AD 2014
2 Comments
Life
Parish Closures
The sad news that some 55 parishes in and around New York are going to be shuttered (or “merged” with other parishes) has been public
Nicene Guy
November 11, AD 2014
17 Comments
Life
Walking Mysteries
“Anyone who fails to go forward begins to go back, and love, I believe, can never be content to stay for long where it is.”
Erin Cain
November 5, AD 2014
5 Comments
Bioethics
To Live and To Love
By now you’ve probably heard of Brittany Maynard. She is a young woman who will be preemptively ending her life on November 1 through physician-assisted
Theresa Williams
October 28, AD 2014
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Life
Catholic Canines
It’s a very long story, but suffice it to say, my husband and I are planning to bring home a dog at the end of
Emma King
October 22, AD 2014
4 Comments
Bioethics
Death With Dignity or Assisted Suicide?
Last week, a viral story started making the rounds about a young woman named Brittany Maynard, a 29 year-old newlywed who was diagnosed with brain cancer in
Luke Arredondo
October 15, AD 2014
6 Comments
Family
It Isn’t Mine
There is a tendency in ministry to talk about what we do as “ours” or “mine”. I’ve fallen into that trap more times than I
Amanda Sloan
October 6, AD 2014
2 Comments
Life
Beware what Crosses the Jordan
The following was a reflection I prepared for my prayer group, but I am also indebted to them for some of the insights that followed.
Matthew Heinrich
September 28, AD 2014
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