COLUMNS
Are screens becoming substitute parents?
Before we are born our nervous systems are receiving stimuli from our mothers.
'Be reconciled with your brother'
One summer, a young deacon preparing for the priesthood helped us at Mass.
Giving joyful witness: how the Holy Spirit stirs the restless
When Pope Francis talks about evangelization, his poster child may well be an immigrant in North Dakota.
But where are the others?
Most of us have been raised to believe that we have right to possess whatever comes to us honestly, either through our own work or through legitimate inheritance.
This is our night for telling stories
"This is our night for telling stories."
A time of transformation
Lent is a time to walk with Christ, to open our hearts and allow ourselves to be transformed by His love.
Lent is a time for transformation
Lent is a time to walk with Christ, to open our hearts and allow ourselves to be transformed by his love. The word “Lent” comes from the Old English word for “spring” because it is a time of renewal. St. Gregory the Great highlighted that Lent is not only a …
Thank you for your example
Three years ago, I wrote my first column focused on Pope Francis' message to young people during his 2016 apostolic visit to Mexico.
Liberating the heart with God's grace
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” The words of the minister hung in the air. I’ve heard them many times before.
Learning to be astonished
Near the end of "Thirst," one of my favorite volumes of Mary Oliver's poetry, she speaks to the Lord in the epilogue: "Love for the earth and love for you are having such a long conversation in my heart."
An ark for a new world
Mary Ruppert was a high school student, soaking up ideas and possibilities to discern what seemed to "fit" for her life ahead when she first encountered L'Arche, an international federation of communities where people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work alongside one another.
Easter hope: God in our future
At a cafe in Chicago, I was chatting with a British former journalist and economist who is currently director of social responsibility and sustainability at a large European company.
Notre Dame represents a way forward
Notre Dame is one among just over 100 Catholic Churches that dot the city of Paris. I first laid eyes on the grand cathedral at age 17 and it was in that same city where three years later I'd find myself studying, and, strangely enough, being drawn into the Catholic …
Wendell Berry and the Gospel outdoors
I grew up on a Midwestern farm, the old-fashioned kind that had pigs, chickens, milk cows, feral cats in the hay loft and coyotes howling in the night.
Notre Dame raises our eyes above
On April 15, I joined countless numbers of people whose eyes were glued to the live video of Notre Dame Cathedral in flames.
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