Columnists
Teenage Melodrama
I have always defined myself as a hopeless romantic, a true sucker for a good story where true love triumphs and happily ever after wins
Kat Larson
August 11, AD 2021
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Columnists
Growing in the Silence
When I was first ordained, the rigidity that has been criticized on some clerics existed in me. My Spiritual Director told me I had a
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko
August 7, AD 2021
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Columnists
With Gratitude to Our Priests – A Word of Thanks
When people wish to destroy religion, they begin by attacking the priest, because where there is no longer any priest there is no sacrifice, and
Christina M. Sorrentino
August 4, AD 2021
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Books
Source & Summit Launches to Help Parishes Elevate the Liturgy as Mountaintop of Catholic Life
Source & Summit Launches to Help Parishes Elevate the Liturgy as Mountaintop of Catholic Life New Liturgical Organization Helps Post-Pandemic Parishes Propel Worship to the
Carrie Kline
August 3, AD 2021
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Books
New Instructional Book from Vocation Ministry Promotes Culture of Vocations in Catholic Education
New Instructional Book from Vocation Ministry Promotes Culture of Vocations in Catholic Education The Harvest aims to universally integrate discernment in all Catholic educational settings
Carrie Kline
July 30, AD 2021
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Columnists
Blossom Like the Lily
A few weeks ago, while in prayer, I found myself reflecting on the word “bloom” and wondered what God might be trying to reveal to
Erin Cain
July 28, AD 2021
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Prayer
Love Amidst the Thorns
“Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to
Christina M. Sorrentino
July 27, AD 2021
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Family
Parents Triumphant: Two Stories of Holiness
Yesterday, the Church celebrated a plethora of saintly feast days. Two of those saints were Anne and Joachim, the humble parents of Christ’s Blessed Mother.
Abigail C. Reimel
July 26, AD 2021
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Scripture
Prophets of the New Convenant
It takes a lot of guts to tell the Pope that he’s wrong. Especially if you’re a humble Dominican nun in the 1300s. You see,
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 11, AD 2021
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Sacraments
Transubstantiation: A Church Divided
This article written by Mike Filce was originally published on “The Devout Life,” a blog by Mindy Goorchenko. Reprinted with permission. A Church Divided We are a
Mike Filce
July 10, AD 2021
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Scripture
The Mission of Evangelization
The Church’s mission to evangelize should not ever be conflated with colonialism. Evangelization, according to the Church is a spiritual movement that can embrace the
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko
July 8, AD 2021
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Columnists
Maria Goretti, Pier Giorgio Frassati, and Freedom
This week we celebrate the feasts of two great saints. July 4 was the feast of our patron, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, and today, July
Erin Cain
July 6, AD 2021
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Columnists
Indwelling Trinity
When Cardinal Timothy Dolan was a young priest, he was in charge of running an RCIA program for adults who wanted to convert and become
Fr. Joseph Gill
July 5, AD 2021
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Sacraments
The Gift of the Eucharist
Take a deep breath. Let’s restate it again. But only with those who have ears. It’d be good to explain this from the point of
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko
July 1, AD 2021
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Prayer
Pruning Hurts
Once again, the Catholic Church has reached the point in its liturgical year called Ordinary Time. For most of my life, I have heard priests
Kat Larson
June 29, AD 2021
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Dating
Identity in Relationship
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need
Jean Elizabeth Seah
June 26, AD 2021
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Religion
What is Right and Just?
There is a temptation I believe in our culture to present one’s self as outraged in order to deflect possible accusations of indifference or ambivalence
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko
June 23, AD 2021
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Life
Pebbles at Another’s Feet
By guest writer Sister Mary Vianney Lyon, O.P. Saint Paul writes to the Thessalonians that we are not meant to grieve “like those who have
Guest Writer
June 22, AD 2021
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Scripture
Fear of the Lord
We may know St. Bernard as a breed of dog, but there actually is a Saint named Bernard of Menthon – and he is the
Fr. Joseph Gill
June 21, AD 2021
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Scripture
Awesome!
Awesome! That’s a word that, if you’re of a certain generation, gets tossed around a lot. That Frisbee game was awesome. Pizza is awesome. The
Fr. Joseph Gill
June 20, AD 2021
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Mercy and Killing
Called to Repentance
A church which seeks its own survival, it would seem to me, is not living by it’s actual mission. Christ taught us that each follower
Fr. Christopher Pietraszko
June 19, AD 2021
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