The Roots of Fat Tuesday, the Fruits of Lent
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
January 25, 2024
In “The Roots of Fat Tuesday, the Fruits of Lent,” Friar Jim breaks down this celebration.
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The Holy Spirit: The Synod’s Only True Winner
Pat McCloskey, OFM
January 25, 2024
The synod’s wide-open theme (“For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission”) led many people to consider it a blank screen on which they could project their deepest hopes and fears for the Catholic Church.
Great Podcasts: ‘Sweet Bobby’
Christopher Heffron
January 25, 2024
Christopher Heffron looks at two podcasts that take wildly different approaches to love.
Love Will Keep Us Together
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
January 25, 2024
This “crazy little thing called love,” which is both simple to recognize and difficult to define, means nothing if it is not rooted in and seen through the one who is, was, and forever will be
Faith and Family: The Many Faces of Addiction
Susan Hines-Brigger
January 25, 2024
If you do any reading on addiction, you will discover that there are many different beliefs on what is or should be considered an addiction versus an addictive behavior.
Mary, the Misunderstood
Patricia Breen McNeil
January 25, 2024
Mary of Magdala was one of the most prominent disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, and yet over Christian history, she has had her name dragged through the mud.
Brother Michael Radomski, OFM
David O'Brien
January 24, 2024
Brother Michael says he gains as much as he gives in his ministry to the disenfranchised. “I’m very happy with what I have learned,” he says.
Plan G—for God
Melanie Rigney
January 24, 2024
She was working as a laundress so that she could become a missionary sister. A fall into a boiling vat derailed that plan for Anna Schäffer (1882–1925).
A Hidden River
Maureen O'Brien
January 23, 2024
It is a natural part of our faith journey to not always be able to feel God, especially when something is weighing on our hearts.
What Is Spiritual Poverty?
Bruce Epperly
January 22, 2024
Francis and Clare of Assisi prized holy simplicity or put another way, spiritual poverty. They pruned away everything that stood between them and God.