Columnists
Rachel Zamarron

The Messy Power of the Holy Spirit

This fiery church we see in the Acts of the Apostles is the one Pope Francis spoke of at WYD Rio when he said, “What do I expect as a consequence of the Youth Day? I expect a mess. There will be one. There will be a mess here in Rio? There will be!

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Columnists
Julie Machado

Just Food Is Not Enough!

Before my baby was born in April, I had carefully been reading and rereading Gina Ford’s The Contented Little Baby Book. It consists of several

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Life
Nicene Guy

Some Obstacles to Happiness

“If you are unhappy, I question whether you are truly Christian.” So concludes my columnist-colleague and brother Dominican, TJ Burdick, at the close of his

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Jobs
Sarah Babbs

In Memoriam

He hated tattoos, my paternal grandfather. He died when I was 11, but I remember a conversation, one of many had during summer visits to

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Columnists
Cristina Montes

St. John Paul II on Depression

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Since this website features the Catholic perspective on young adult concerns, and since depression is a growing mental health

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Vocations
Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

The Subjective Side of Vocations

In recent years there have been a number of great initiatives to promote vocations. They show young priests happy with their priesthood, they show the

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Columnists
Amanda Sloan

Those That Came Before

To all of those who came before: Thank you. Thank you for having the courage to end things, even though it may have been hard.

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Books
Emily C. Hurt

Is Water Boring?

“Water is so ordinary it’s boring.” I said that the other day. I was tired of hearing the refrain from Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie,

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Olivia
Religion
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Crawling to Mass

By guest writer Jean Seah Six years ago, I read an article about a legless African girl called Olivia, who crawled 2.5 miles to Mass every

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Columnists
Rebecca Frech

Setting the Example

There’s a young couple at church that we like hanging out with.  They’re in their twenties and just starting out, but so smart and fun

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Columnists
J.Q. Tomanek

Nilly Willy Catholics

In the last post, I considered the Collateral Damage Catholic (CDC). The best way for me to generalize this particular person is “all head and

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Books
Abigail C. Reimel

Someone, Please, Like Me…

“Stockholm syndrome, individuals’ desperate attempts to become like their captors.  On a lesser scale it was why good German citizens followed Hitler, Ryan said.  Or

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