commeNTARY CommentaryEnvironmentGuest Commentary Five years after Laudato Si, and 50 after the first Earth Day Doug DeMeoApril 21, 20204 min read Let this five years’ marking of Laudato Si and 50 years’ celebration of Earth Day impel our desires to know and accept our sacred place like never before. BlogOpen WindowUncategorized Finding hope in the beauty of God’s creation Rita BuettnerApril 21, 20203 min read God’s fingerprints are everywhere, and this spring I spot gift after gift from our Creator. The greatest gift, of course, is today. BlogThe Domestic Church A trumpet and a lesson in trust Rita BuettnerApril 21, 20204 min read The challenge for us might be to trust God, knowing that he wants what’s best for us and that he knows us better than we know ourselves. BlogUnconditional Teaching Together while Apart: The 2020 Virtual NCEA Convention Robyn BarberryApril 20, 20204 min read It’s hard not to be able to walk twenty-two steps across the hall to ask your friend for help. It’s hard not to know what the future of virtual education looks like. CommentaryGuest CommentaryRespect Life The legacy of St. John Paul II’s encyclical ‘Evangelium Vitae’ at 25 Elise Italiano UreneckApril 17, 20204 min read A culture of life is always within reach and is built one moment and decision at a time. BlogOpen Window I could write a sonnet about everything we did during the octave of Easter (7 Quick Takes) Rita BuettnerApril 16, 20202 min read My niece, Elise, challenged me to write this week’s 7 Quick Takes in sonnet form. April is National Poetry Month, after all. I think she believes—and rightly so—that I turn too often to limericks. And I do love a challenge. CommentaryCoronavirusGuest CommentaryIntellect and Virtue Sense of smell John GarveyApril 16, 20203 min read John Garvey reflects on not having his sense of smell. BlogSnippets of Faith Drawing strength from those before us Suzanna Molino SingletonApril 16, 20204 min read Forget the hair, go back to your family roots. BlogOpen Window Schoolwork at Home (A mother’s lament in rhyme) Rita BuettnerApril 15, 20202 min read “Mom I am.Oh, Mom I am. I love to be just Mom I am. What’s that? Here comes a quarantine? But what could all that home time mean?” “Here comes the schoolwork—there’s a lot. So make sure that each day you plot.” “I’m teaching math? And ELA? Can’t we just let the kids go play?” […] BooksCommentaryCoronavirusGuest Commentary Lessons from the novel ‘The Plague’ Father Eugene HemrickApril 14, 20202 min read When overcome with fear, do we pray to a merciful God or see God’s wrath punishing us? Previous 1 … 113 114 115 … 215 Next