Columnists
Emily C. Hurt

On Bodies, Relics, and Canonization

Or: “Why We Need to Stop Fighting over Venerable Sheen’s Body” What would Venerable Sheen say about the public debate over the progression of his

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Mercy and Killing
Siobhan Benitez

ISIS, Just War, and the Words of Pope Francis

Christians have a complicated relationship with violence. Our founder (Christ) died by violence in absolute meekness—living out to the extreme his teaching that when confronted

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Columnists
Ryan Eggenberger

The Field Hospital Church? Maybe Not.

Healing Wounds Begins With Radical Love It’s a beautiful Autumn Sunday morning at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. The homily is over, the Creed has been

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Entertainment
Fr. Edward Lee Looney

Seven Vices of Sporting Events

I confess, I am an avid Packer fan; last year I went to the playoff game at Lambeau Field when the wind chill was 40

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Spirituality
Luke Arredondo

Free Will and the Little Way

This weekend, for the first time in a while, we didn’t have anything scheduled on Saturday.  To take advantage of that, my wife and I

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Prayer
J.Q. Tomanek

I wonder…

I wonder if Mary had seen angels before the Annunication. She was troubled by Gabriel’s words but nothing is mentioned about just being in the

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Mary
Abigail C. Reimel

Reconsider the Chapel Veil

Over the summer my dear friend and roommate put together a gorgeous video about why many Catholic women are returning to the old custom of

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Columnists
Ryan Kraeger

Meditation

O Jesus, dwelling before me in the form and likeness of bread; containing your uncontainable infinity with the confines of a tiny wafer, which rests

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Spirituality
Olivia Spears

Blessing is in Obedience

It was my last class of my senior year of college, and I listened intently as my professor wrapped up his final lecture. I sat

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Columnists
Megan Twomey

Embracing My Inner Hobbit

Today, a cashier told me that I seemed “really down-to-Earth,” and I decided to take it as a compliment.  A few years ago, however, that

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Life
Emma King

For the Love of a Dog

Dogs were given the task of making God’s love of mankind known every day, and they do a fantastic job of it.

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Bioethics
Melanie Shaniuk

Crybaby

Confession time: I’m one of those criers. You know the type. We have a very low crying threshold. Our triggers are many, varied and sometimes

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Health & Fitness
Julie Machado

Natural Family Planning is Hard

Our bodies are complex, intricate mysterious things. They are not outer shells or machines that come with a user’s manual. There is a lot going

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