IGNITUM TODAY

Unlikely Convert

“I’m never going to be one of those people that baptizes my babies!  Or believes that weird stuff about sacraments and communion!” Yes, I really

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Brianna Heldt August 7, AD 2013 16 Comments
Columnists
Abigail C. Reimel

Not Alone: “Just Friends?”

The dreaded phrase, “I think it would be better if we were just friends“, has been feared by teenagers for decades.  The fear that, after

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Abigail C. Reimel July 26, AD 2013 6 Comments
Religion
Amanda Castro

A Simple Stable

With my job come several wonderful perks. Attending weekly mass with the Catholic School is one of them. It’s a K-8 school, and my favorite

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Amanda Castro December 11, AD 2012 2 Comments
Prayer
Theresa Noble

The Ship of Joy

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. This is my commandment: love one another

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Theresa Noble November 24, AD 2012 2 Comments
Life
Amanda Sloan

Thanks be to God

This summer I was at Mass on my birthday and before the lector began reading the first reading Father got up and said, “I just

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Amanda Sloan October 8, AD 2012 4 Comments
Columnists
Cristina Montes

Re-learning to Pray

As my one-year master’s degree program in Pamplona, Spain closes, memories of my first days here flood back. I remember with fondness and embarrassment my

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Cristina Montes September 12, AD 2012 7 Comments
Bioethics
Chelsea Zimmerman

The Weak Who Shame the Strong

In his first letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul explains how, when God calls people, he does not base his decision on human criteria – 

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Chelsea Zimmerman September 4, AD 2012 2 Comments
Columnists
Jennifer Mazzara

Speed of Life

That’s a catchy, clever little phrase. “The speed of life.” David Bowie used it for a song. I think there was a movie. I don’t

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Jennifer Mazzara April 13, AD 2012 2 Comments
Columnists
Rachel Zamarron

More Thoughts On The Veil

The Dec. 15th article on the veil fueled some great discussions in Catholic blogging circles. Father Dwight Longenecker did this follow up post and Deacon

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Rachel Zamarron January 12, AD 2012 7 Comments
Columnists
Calah Alexander

Believing in Santa

About this time of year, moms in all corners of the blogosphere pull out their boxing gloves and prepare to battle to the death to

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Calah Alexander December 8, AD 2011 21 Comments
Life
Julie Machado

Obedience to God through People (ouch!)

I experienced dramatically that I don’t know what’s best for me, only God does. And usually my plans go against His (“My thoughts are not your thoughts…” Is 55:8). So my best bet for happiness and salvation is to be obedient to God’s will, and so in an incarnate way to be obedient to His Church, and also to be obedient to those who know and love me disinterestedly and might be there to guide me.

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Julie Machado October 26, AD 2011 6 Comments
Men's Issues
J.R. Baldwin

Stand By Your Man

Ladies, what would you say if …your boyfriend told you he masturbates? …your husband confessed his struggles with pornography? …your brother is actively unchaste? I

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J.R. Baldwin September 28, AD 2011 15 Comments
Sacraments
Calah Alexander

The Power of the Priesthood

Growing up a non-Catholic in a very anti-Catholic South made for some strange opinions about Catholicism. I remember writing a poem once in junior high

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Calah Alexander September 26, AD 2011 5 Comments
Family
Calah Alexander

Indecision, Choreographed

  My middle child, Charlotte, is two-and-a-half. In fact, she may be the most two-and-a-half two-and-a-half year old I think I’ve ever encountered. Among her

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Calah Alexander August 22, AD 2011 9 Comments

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