Mary
Olivia Spears

The Ten Virtues of Mary Series

This content was originally published at To the Heights and has been reformatted for the Ignitum Today readers! If you’re a faithful Catholic woman, chances

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Life
Emma King

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

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Columnists
Jason Theobald

Slow Down and Think

By the time this post will actually be present on the good old internet, the Synod on the Family currently taking place in Rome will

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Books
Bethanie Ryan

The Grace of Yes: A Review

The cover appropriately displays a fish out of water. Ever felt like that? Like you were in over your head? Like you were way outside

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Art
TJ Burdick

Catholic Musician Eliot Morris

I first came across the artistry of Eliot Morris when I attended a talk by Matthew Kelly from Dynamic Catholic. In between Matthew’s intriguing prose,

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Religion
Nicene Guy

Hawking and the Heavens

Chesterton once observed that men generally have two attitudes towards dogma: some consciously recognize their reliance upon it, and others attempt to deny that reliance.

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Columnists
Rachel Zamarron

Synod Psych Up

Much has been said about the Synod on the Family, underway in Rome right now. Ink has been spilled, opinions made, worry and confusion abound.

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Mary
Fr. Edward Lee Looney

Characters of Cana

With the month of October underway, the Catholic world has commenced the Month of the Rosary. During this month, Catholics are encouraged to pray the

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Columnists
Chelsea Houghton

Marriage Formation: Synod Priority?

Marriage. A journey with the person you love, giving yourself freely, without reservation, in a life giving relationship for the rest of your lives. A

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Columnists
Luke Arredondo

JPII and the Crisis of Freedom

In the classic Bill Murray flick Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil is called a “prognosticator of prognosticators.”  Catholics could borrow that phrase and apply it to St.

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Columnists
Cristina Montes

Patron Comics

Much has been commented on the evangelizing power of painting, sculpture, music, literature, theater, and film. What about comics? Anthony James Perez from the Philippines

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Family
Amanda Sloan

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

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Family
Melanie Shaniuk

Pregnancy and Hope

In the last month or so we’ve had the joy of sharing this news with our loved ones. Since this is our second baby, the

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Columnists
J.Q. Tomanek

Give It Some Time

It seems like every announcement from Rome creates instant clash between different Catholics. One side is “See, Pope Francis is getting rid of the old

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Life
Matthew Heinrich

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.

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