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A message for Catholic media: Don't let print die

The Catholic Church has a story to tell. And it is a story worth telling in print.
The positive side of solitude

Most people do not like to be alone. But why?
Innate creativity, beauty brought to the fore as people cope with quarantine

It started with the Italians whose arias rose from the balconies.
Coronavirus gives newlyweds opportunity to focus on Sacrament

"I finally understand why he compares heaven to a wedding feast," ...
Leaving peace behind as our farewell gift

There is such a thing as a good death, a clean one, a death that, however sad, leaves behind a sense of peace.
Acts of bravery are the pandemic's grace notes

In this time of pandemic, we have come to recognize how widespread bravery is, ...
Unique times for a really unique person: Mom

The pandemic ... cannot, absolutely must not, take the spotlight from: Mother's Day!
It’s our responsibility to support corporate citizenship

We should be looking at business practices and whether they stand for the values in which we profess to believe.
Jonah’s story is a lesson in God’s mercy and forgiveness

I’ve always been fascinated by the story of Jonah and the Whale.
Reflecting on the loyalty of St. Joseph

On May 1, we celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, who serves as one of the most inspirational models of loyalty in all human history.
How to continue the Easter celebration at home

May is usually a month crammed with celebrations on our calendars.
A spirit of unity during the pandemic

In any crisis throughout our nation’s history, people have pulled together in a spirit of community ...
In times of crisis, become godlike

My son had trouble graphing an equation for his algebra class ...
Is there an eighth Corporal Work of Mercy?

There are strange gifts wrapped in this terrible pandemic.
A time for the domestic Church to flourish

Family life holds a special place in the Catholic imagination.
Reflecting on Jesus, the one who is to come

Are you the one who is to come? That plaintive question fills our hearts this Easter.
How a former news anchor found guidance

The reality of Jesus’ Resurrection holds special significance for those who have recently lost a loved one and take comfort in the idea that they will someday be reunited again in heaven.
What we ‘knead’ to know

In early March, I went to Sam's Club to stock up for the coming shelter-in-place order.
In life or death, we are safe in the hands of God

For me, April has always been the herald of newness, recalling memories of childhood Easters ...
Remembering that God’s ‘got the whole world in his hands’

My son slides onto the piano bench and starts to play. Decades ago, I sat at the same piano and plunked out the same tune.
The road and the rainbow

The week before Ash Wednesday, I was driving home from San Diego when raindrops began to splash against my windshield.
The dispelling of an illusion

We don’t much like the word disillusionment. Normally we think of it as a negative and not as something that does us a favor.
Choose what matters

It is "time to choose what matters and what passes away," Pope Francis told us March 27 when he spoke from the Vatican.
The spiritual benefits of technology in a time of crisis

"Gather 'round the TV, kids, it's time to pray." Those are words I never thought I would utter as a Catholic media studies professor ...
Love lives in the sacred place called home

So, here we are. Stuck at home. For many, the situation is challenging, frustrating and claustrophobic.

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