Inspiration

Ukrainian youth pray on Apparition Hill (Mount Podbrdo) in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina during a May 19-27, 2024 pilgrimage for peace as Russia escalates attacks on their nation amid a war now in its 11th year. (OSV News/Sister Lucia Murashko/Oksana Dmyterko)

Ukrainian youth make pilgrimage to Medjugorje, praying for peace

A group of Ukrainian youth have made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, asking Mary to bring peace as Russia doubles down on its 11-year war in Ukraine and brutally targets civilians.

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Illustration of love and hate

I’d Like to Say: We Need to Stop ‘Othering’

The time-honored practice of othering those who differ from us is eating away at our Christian call to love one another. 
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Mother hugging a child

Interceding for One Another

Years ago, when any of my four children would run crying to me because of an injury or a fight, there was a good likelihood that I could make things better.
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sign that says racism is a pandemic

Fighting Racism

St. Katharine Drexel was born into a wealthy Philadelphia family in 1858. She founded an order of nuns and helped found the first Black Catholic university—Xavier University in New Orleans.
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Morning Prayers

Throughout the day, we should be mindful that God wishes to continually hear from us. But how can we possibly speak to God every minute when we are obviously busy?
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two hands showing the peace sign

Justice and Solidarity

Dorothy Day was a social activist, pacifist, Catholic worker, and peacemaker. She lived at a time that reflected social injustice against others, and she actively refused to fade into all the noise.
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Scripture

Making Sense Out of Scripture 

Scripture provides a number of straightforward teachings about how a disciple of Jesus is to live, but there are less clear lessons too.
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