Education in the time of coronavirus March 18, 2020By Robyn Barberry Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Coronavirus Catholic parents should seize this as an opportunity to reinforce our beliefs and values in our children.
Our Christian calling and social distancing March 17, 2020By Elise Italiano Ureneck Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Guest Commentary The global phenomenon of imposed isolation provides an important moment to call to mind the many people who experience “social distancing” as a daily, lived reality — most often not of their choosing.
Coronavirus and ‘Hollywood Squares’ March 16, 2020By John Garvey Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue The novel coronavirus that began in Wuhan, China, late last year has affected higher education like nothing I have experienced in my time as a university president.
A good and upright man March 11, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary, Lent Joseph is a strong role model for someone who accepts the will of the Lord and lives it out.
The black Catholic nun every American should know March 9, 2020By Shannen Dee Williams Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary As we celebrate women’s history month this March, I encourage every person to commit the name of Anne Marie Becraft and her revolutionary fight against slavery and racism in the American Catholic Church and nation at large to memory.
Limitless love March 6, 2020By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom When we believe that we are made of the “stuff” of God, then we have the power to co-create our world again in God’s likeness. Our time is limited. Our love is not.
Forgive us our trespasses March 5, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary Sin is a wound in the heart of an all-loving God. This should bring home to us the enormity and preciousness of God’s gift of mercy.
Lenten silence amid turmoil March 3, 2020By Effie Caldarola Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey, Guest Commentary, Lent In the midst of trial and worry, we seek the intimacy of this powerful and mysterious force we call God. Let Lent open us to grace, to see the big picture, even if it’s impossible to imagine 15 Milky Ways.
Annulment concern/ Dropping the host February 27, 2020By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about annulments and dropping the consecrated host.
Spiritual combat February 24, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Lent A badly exaggerated “can-do” attitude is symptomatic of the sin of pride that played such a devastating role at the dawn of human history.
Flannery O’Connor and friends, revisited February 18, 2020By George Weigel Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, The Catholic Difference At the end, that is the deepest impression her letters leave: here is a woman of extraordinary courage whose configuration of her life to the Cross was a source of both personal strength and literary genius.
Why we should care about the beloved Amazon February 18, 2020By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The plight of the Amazon is a wicked problem demanding enormous resources and focus from a variety of countries, yet without certainty of the results nor the avoidance of unintended consequences.
