Category: Essays & Profiles
Preaching from the Margins by Michael Centore
Catholic Women Preach offers a special program for the Advent-Christmas season.
Towards a Franciscan Renaissance: Part II—Founding a Movement by Patrick Carolan
Saint Francis continues to offer an alternative spirituality and way of Christian living.
Reaching the Unreachable by Gene Ciarlo
On the reality of the church as an earthly as well as a spiritual phenomenon.
“A ‘new wineskin’ kind of Catholic”: FutureChurch convenes panel of young church reformers
The panelists shared their personal stories and efforts for church reform.
The Single-Minded Way: Zen Wisdom for Christian Contemplatives by Richard Lehan
Three Zen insights help a writer sustain and enrich his Christian faith and contemplative practice.
Come and See by Maree Sobolewski
A meditation on perceiving God as a relational Father, rather than as a distant presence whom we seldom think about or fear.
“The Dream of the Mountains’ Struggle”: Faith and Labor Leaders Meet for Dialogue on Appalachia by Michael Centore
The gathering marked the 50th anniversary of "This Land Is Home to Me," a pastoral letter issued by the Catholic Committee of Appalachia.
A Pilgrim’s Adventure: Rome and Synodality: An Afterword by Christopher V. Clement
A final reflection from a Jubilee participant and recent convert to synodality.
A Pilgrim’s Adventure: Rome and Synodality, Day 5 by Patricia E. Clement, D.Min.
Our correspondent continues her series of reports from the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies being held in Rome.
A Pilgrim’s Adventure: Rome and Synodality, Day 4 by Patricia E. Clement, D.Min.
Our correspondent continues her series of reports from the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies being held in Rome.
A Pilgrim’s Adventure: Rome and Synodality, Day 3 by Patricia E. Clement, D.Min.
Our correspondent continues her series of reports from the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies being held in Rome.
A Pilgrim’s Adventure: Rome and Synodality, Day 2 by Patricia E. Clement, D.Min.
Our correspondent continues her series of reports from the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies being held in Rome.
Falling Upward: Exploring the Two Halves of Life and a Vocation to the Ministry of Education by Michael Bennett
It is important to remember that suffering is not a sign of failure, but a necessary part of the journey towards spiritual growth.
God Is Love, without Condition by Gene Ciarlo
It would seem to me that we pray to and love God only when we learn to love and love deeply.