Super Bowl LVI: The Catholic Roots of the NFL February 10, 2022By Kate O'Hare Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, News, Sports, World News As fans prepare to watch the Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m., Catholic viewers may not realize how much their fellow believers have been involved in the history and success of American football.
Is your parish family-friendly? February 10, 2022By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Parenting Making a parish family-friendly is a practical and spiritual undertaking. It both requires a checklist and an examination of conscience.
How Tom Brady can inspire our Lenten discipline February 10, 2022By Elise Italiano Ureneck Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent, Sports What we choose to do for our Lenten disciplines should help us make incremental progress toward holiness.
One city’s effort to close the digital divide January 27, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary In 2021, nearly one in four U.S. households did not have an internet connection, according to Reviews.org, a website that evaluates products and services for home internet connectivity.
Remembering the life of a beloved Black nun, leader and friend January 3, 2022By Shannen Dee Williams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Obituaries, Social Justice 2021 saw the passing of some of the nation’s most important leaders, thinkers, writers and freedom fighters of the modern era.
A meditation on Mary’s heart at the Nativity December 22, 2021By Cassandra Palmer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary All along, Mary’s immaculate heart had always been fertile ground for God’s love to grow.
My Advent pilgrimage to the gravesite of Sister Thea Bowman December 9, 2021By Shannen Dee Williams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice In these trying times, one can only wonder what Sister Thea, an unapologetic champion of Black life, mothers, families and social equality, might say about the current state of our bitterly divided nation and church.
Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek: Poor in spirit December 4, 2021By Father Richard Malloy, S.J. Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Saints Walter Ciszek was a tough kid growing up in the rugged coal country of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. In the mysterious ways of God, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1928 and, as a novice, offered to go to the Russian missions. In 1938, he was sent to Poland and later accompanied workers who were heading into […]
Christmas supply chain issues opportunity for what matters November 23, 2021By Anna Jones Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary If we can get back to the realization that Advent is fruitful because we have four weeks set aside to focus on hope in God’s promises, peace in God’s plan, joy in God’s providence, and love of the Lord and others, then maybe we’ll see it as gift of four weeks to slowly prepare for Jesus instead of a competition of liturgical living activities to complete.
This Advent, focus on presence not presents November 23, 2021By Katie Prejean McGrady Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary If we can get back to the realization that Advent is fruitful because we have four weeks set aside to focus on hope in God’s promises, peace in God’s plan, joy in God’s providence, and love of the Lord and others, then maybe we’ll see it as gift of four weeks to slowly prepare for Jesus instead of a competition of liturgical living activities to complete.
Feast of Immaculate Conception recognizes Mary’s sinless nature November 23, 2021By Monsignor Charles M. Mangan Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Mary lived virtuously by adoring her Creator, obeying his commands and serving her neighbors.
The miracle we share at every Mass November 9, 2021By Greg Erlandson Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Guest Commentary Much of the media coverage this year has focused on whether it will call out Catholic politicians who support abortion rights. According to the draft sent to the bishops in September and subsequently leaked to The Pillar, it does not.