Year of Mercy was instructive; Year of Prayer may be immersive March 20, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary There were plenty of lessons to be learned in that “Year of Mercy” now we are in a “Year of Prayer” — so designated by Pope Francis in anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year.
What is ‘Catholic Enough?’ February 23, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia Filed Under: Commentary It’s a tricky but necessary thing to take time to sit quietly before the Lord while also putting your time and talent into service for Christ’s sake.
Three life lessons from Ursula the Sea Witch’s bold voice February 8, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary I felt like Pat Carroll was leaving one last gift to the world — offering real wisdom from someone who had gone ahead and made her choices, and in ways that remained true to her own vision and her own voice.
Whether it’s abortion or irregular blessings, ‘accompaniment’ will be messy December 20, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary It’s all about accompaniment, this declaration, but — both theologically and pastorally — some will doubtlessly find it confusing and yes, messy.
Detachment as a component of God’s peace December 4, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Detachment scares people — it sounds like coldness or indifference — but I’m coming to believe it’s actually a deep manifestation of love.
What battles are we losing when the holy water fonts are dry? November 5, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Pastors throughout the church, if you haven’t already, please fill the fonts and supply holy water to the stoups.
Architecture and witness: A tale of two temples October 26, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary St. Mary’s Cathedral will remain a longshot on my itinerary, while a temple wholly outside my faith looks too gorgeously interesting to go unexplored.
Teresa of Avila, Good Pope John and … Jimmy Buffett? September 5, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Jimmy Buffett knew how to recognize when to take action and when to relax and enjoy the life he’d been given.
Aldean’s strange ‘small town’ sticks a finger into raw wounds July 25, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary “Try that in a Small Town” boasts lyrics about Grandad’s shotgun, handed down and waiting in readiness in case any miscreants currently shoplifting, sucker-punching and otherwise diminishing our cities show up on his turf.
‘Signs and times’: What about Sister Wilhelmina? July 1, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Commentary, Racial Justice Since the discovery of Sister Wilhelmina’s intact remains, four aspects of the story have many asking, “What is happening and what does it mean?”
Lumen Fidei’ at 10: Instructions for our confused, wandering, utilitarian age June 23, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary “Lumen Fidei” translates, of course, to “The Light of Faith,” and on this 10th anniversary of the encyclical’s release, we are reminded that light is something shared, sustaining, real and available in plenitude when sought out with a willing heart, and received with even a modicum of belief.
LGBTQ+ Catholics urged to ‘proclaim compassionate love of God’ by Outreach 2023 speakers June 20, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: News, World News With a well-attended Mass that sent people forth with a rousing rendition of Richard Smallwood’s “I Love the Lord” — served up by the choir of New York’s St. Paul the Apostle Church and soloist Paulist Father Steven Bell — the third annual Outreach gathering of LGBTQ+ Catholics came to a close after a weekend of thoughtful discussion panels held at the Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University.
