Echoes of Exodus
Kathy Coffey
February 17, 2019
With help from Catholic Charities, child refugees escape harrowing conditions to begin new lives in the United States.
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Loving Lady Poverty
Murray Bodo, OFM
February 17, 2019
A very early Franciscan document, Sacrum Commercium, The Sacred Exchange, begins with words reminiscent of the Bible’s Song of Songs: “Francis began to go about in the streets and crossings of the city, relentlessly, like a persistent hunter, diligently seeking whom his heart loved.
The Top Five Issues Facing Health Care
Ann M. Augherton
January 25, 2019
A Franciscan friar and medical ethicist, Father Thomas Nairn helps us understand hot-button health care issues and how to address them.
The Remarkable Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
January 25, 2019
Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe’s been featured in Time magazine and on CNN for her humanitarian work, but her faith, not fame, is what fuels her efforts to rescue abducted girls in South Sudan and Uganda.
Faith and Family: Telling the Story
Susan Hines-Brigger
January 23, 2019
READ
LK 1:1-4; 4:14-21
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events
that have been fulfilled among us,
just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning
and ministers of the word have handed them down to us,
I too have decided,
after investigating everything accurately anew,
to write it down in an orderly sequence for you,
most excellent Theophilus,
so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings
you have received.
Prayers to Saint Anthony of Padua
Jack Wintz, OFM
January 11, 2019
It is a venerable Christian tradition to turn in prayer to Anthony of Padua—and to other saintly men and women already enjoying the glorious presence of God.
Getting to Know Joel, Old Testament Prophet
Theresa Doyle-Nelson
January 10, 2019
Every Ash Wednesday this Old Testament prophet sets the tone for Lent.
Film Reviews with Sister Rose
Rose Pacatte, FSP
January 10, 2019
Bird Box — Malorie (Sandra Bullock), a pregnant artist, is shocked when her sister, Jessica (Sarah Paulson), comes home with news of terrible happenings in Europe and Siberia.
Basil the Great: Care for the Poor
Marcellino D'Ambrosio
January 2, 2019
In A.D. 368 when Cappadocia was stricken with a dire famine, the suffering was intense. Basil distributed the entirety of his inheritance to the poor. He also used Church funds to open soup kitchens where he was often found serving food, girded with an apron. Some of the people in his social class, however, both held on to their money and enjoyed profit from the higher prices resulting from decreased supply and increased demand.
The Death Penalty and the Myth of Closure
Richard B. Patterson, PhD
December 26, 2018
Many argue the death penalty can help survivors move on with their lives. However, this counselor writes that true healing can happen only when we learn to “walk with the pain.”