Birds of a Feather: A Finch Update June 20, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window This week we marked four years as finch owners, and I am struck by how much has changed for our family over that time.
The family’s call to change — and sway June 20, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life To sway is to move to meet the needs of others. Isn’t this the heart of family life?
Question Corner: Why does the Catholic Church oppose contraception? June 20, 2024By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner The church teaches that deliberately and purposefully seeking to separate the procreative and unitive aspects of the marital act is intrinsically wrong.
Peter, Paul and the messiness of Christian discipleship June 19, 2024By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary As Catholics, it’s important for us to remember that God sees our sin and brokenness.
‘The Bridge is love’ June 19, 2024By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Bridge Collapse, Commentary Only God knows precisely why things happen. For our part, we will always have the privilege of offering comfort to those who grieve great losses and even livelihoods.
A eucharistic word: grace June 19, 2024By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments The mysterious workings of grace in our lives — or even what grace is — were fodder for interesting conversations between this father and his then-almost-7-year-old.
Sister Helen Prejean’s work against the death penalty June 18, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life Sister Helen Prejean, a dynamic foe of the death penalty, had just spoken to a crowd in a small town in Nebraska as part of our campaign to do away with execution in the state.
The little way to pray all day, even if you have no time to spare! June 17, 2024By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary For many the idea of “finding time for real prayer” seems daunting as they imagine adding an hour to their already crammed schedules and then begin to consider all the things they will “need” to really get going: a prayer corner, with icons and statues and Bibles and breviaries.
A new adventure June 16, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Spring offers a beautiful time for us to think of our next adventure, whatever that might be. May we be open to the newness of this season, stepping forward in faith and trusting that God is with us, every step of the way.
To the good dads June 16, 2024By Katie Prejean McGrady OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life The need to see good fathers, have good fathers and be loved by good fathers is evident in a broken, hurting, often fatherless world.
The Wind Is Reading My Book June 13, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window That’s how I feel about my parenting life these days, that time is flying and the plot is unfolding, and I’m just along for the ride. Sometimes the pages are turning so quickly that I can barely see what’s happening—it’s that fast.
A two-fold approach to listening to survivors June 13, 2024By Sister Carino Hodder OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary The call to listen is in danger of becoming an empty slogan if we do not take the time to stop and think about what, exactly, this listening involves.
