commeNTARY America’s 250th anniversaryCommentary Cardinal Gibbons: Baltimore’s effective advocate for American Catholicism’s Americanization Russell ShawMay 16, 20267 min read In a long, fruitful career as leader of the American hierarchy, Cardinal Gibbons combined diplomacy, patriotism and a canny understanding of human nature in a manner that made him the most effective advocate before or since of the Americanization of American Catholicism. To him more than anyone, the Catholic Church owes both the advantages and the unintended consequences of assimilation into American secular culture. BlogCommentaryOpen Window The Final School Lunch Rita BuettnerMay 14, 20262 min read Forever ago—or maybe it was just the other day—I packed a lunchbox for my 4-year-old to take to school. CommentaryThe Domestic Church A surprise painting Rita BuettnerMay 14, 20264 min read “I love thinking of how God was watching, guiding us toward one another, always knowing how it would come together. He must have enjoyed seeing how we connected over a much-loved painting of a little girl and a dog.” CommentaryFeatureGuest CommentaryMarriage & Family LifeRespect Life ‘Congratulations!’ What moms want to hear in facing challenging or unexpected pregnancies Molly SheahanMay 10, 20266 min read Jess Echeverry knows how it feels to face pregnancy and motherhood alone. She experienced trauma, homelessness and three unexpected pregnancies before age 22. America’s 250th anniversaryCommentary Dorothy Day: Catholic Worker founder pioneered a faith-based alternative to secularist progressivism Russell ShawMay 9, 20267 min read Dorothy Day was co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement and longtime editor of the penny-a-copy newspaper of the same name. From the mid-1930s to the early 1980s, she preached radical Christianity and no less radical social activism to a sometimes appreciative, sometimes puzzled, sometimes angry audience of American Catholics. BlogCommentaryOpen Window The Mom Friends You Need Rita BuettnerMay 8, 20263 min read Before becoming a mother, I had no idea how important my relationships with other mothers would be. Charity in TruthCommentaryFeatureMarian Devotion Mary’s interior freedom Archbishop William E. LoriMay 8, 20263 min read Among the many beautiful feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Visitation. This year it falls on a Sunday and so won’t be celebrated in the liturgy. Nevertheless, it should not be passed over in silence. Among its important lessons is the beauty of interior freedom – Mary’s interior freedom. CommentaryIn The GameSports Bench to brilliance Mark VivianoMay 7, 20264 min read When Mark Scallion arrived at Mount St. Mary’s, the former high school star found himself sitting on the bench. Instead of giving up, he embraced a new role — and made college basketball history in the process. Commentary In the garden Effie CaldarolaMay 5, 20263 min read It’s spring. Let’s take our prayer to the gardens where we hear the voice of someone who promises never to leave us alone, and who calls our name in the shadowy dawn. CommentaryMarriage & Family LifeQuestion Corner Question Corner: Can a Catholic date a person whose marriage has not been annulled or is this a sin? Jenna Marie CooperMay 5, 20264 min read Our belief in the absolute permanence of marriage is rooted in what Jesus himself taught us in St. Matthew’s Gospel… Previous 1 … 1 2 3 … 298 Next
