Young Hispanics and the US Church
Susan Klemond
August 23, 2018
The V Encuentro process aims to reawaken the faith and gifts of Hispanic Catholics in the United States.
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Combating Fear with Faith
Erika Glover
August 23, 2018
We live in a time when young people see, with alarming frequency, peers and loved ones ending their own lives because of forces that convinced them that their lives weren’t worth living. In fact, as of 2018, suicide is the 10th overall leading cause of death in our country.
Francis and Clare Go to College
Pat McCloskey, OFM
August 23, 2018
Students, staff, and faculty at 24 Franciscan colleges and universities in the United States are growing through pilgrimages, classes, and community service.
A Faith Shaken
Susan Hines-Brigger
August 23, 2018
I have trust issues. Not with everyone. No, my trust issues are with the Catholic Church. I know that may seem odd considering that I work for a Catholic organization, but let me explain.
The Seven Unities
Pat McCloskey, OFM
August 23, 2018
Ephesians 4:4–6 speaks of those Christians as needing a unity in body, spirit, hope, Lord, faith, Baptism, and God. A note in the New American Bible identifies these seven unities as the basis, in reverse order, for later creeds. What do these unities mean in a person’s spiritual life?
Marking the Spot Where Jesus Died
Pat McCloskey, OFM
August 23, 2018
Shouldn’t this spot where Jesus died be marked by a miraculous “glow ” as a sacred site having wondrous properties? Why is the spot where Our Lady of Lourdes appeared marked with more precision than the spot where Jesus died?
Other AFCU Programs
Pat McCloskey, OFM
August 23, 2018
This text presents three programs at AFCU schools in Wisconsin, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. These initiatives were described during breakout sessions at the recent Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities’ June 2018 symposium held at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois. In even-numbered years, the AFCU holds a symposium at one of the Association’s 27 member schools.
You and Your Health: ‘You Visited Me’
Karen Zielinski, OSF
August 17, 2018
Christ said, “[I was] naked, and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me” (Mt 25:36). We need to visit the sick.
Film Reviews with Sister Rose
Rose Pacatte, FSP
August 17, 2018
Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, reviews Eighth Grade, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.
A Reflection on Planet Earth
Kyle Kramer
August 16, 2018
In an era when people form and reinforce their opinions entirely within a chosen bubble of like minds, any earnest quest for truth seems almost quaint. How did truth become so passé?