December 2018 Issue

We all have family traditions we cherish. This author shares 10 ways to adapt them as our young children become adolescents.

The idea of a live Nativity scene might seem common nowadays. But in St. Francis’ time, it broke new ground and opened up ways to deepen our spirituality during Christmas.

It matters what vision of the world you have; it matters where you place your hope. The Advent season gives us a bright and beautiful North Star: an angel-announced promise of God’s love to be made incarnate in Jesus.

Following in the footsteps of St. Francis, three friars have set up shop in the poorest neighborhood in Detroit.

Sister Rose Pacatte, FSP, reviews Instant Family, Gosnell: The Trail of America's Biggest Serial Killer, and Creed II.