Category: Essays & Profiles
Wanted: A Vibrant, Living Christianity by Gene Ciarlo
Notes toward a revival of Christianity that is instrumental and influential in the world.
The Priest and the Iconographer: A Portrait of William Hart McNichols by Michael Ford
For this remarkably gifted, gently spoken, and profoundly sensitive iconographer, holiness clearly manifests itself in many different guises.
Paschal Hospitality by Jim Forest
If the essence of sin is fear of the other, the essence of our healing is love of the other.
Living a Catholic Life in a Secular World: A Profile of Vincent D. Rougeau by Jane M. Bailey
We speak with Vincent D. Rougeau, the first lay and the first Black president in the history of the College of the Holy Cross.
Dorothy Day: Fighting Anti-Semitism by Patrick Henry
Well known for her work with the poor, Dorothy Day was also engaged in a lifelong fight against anti-Semitisim.
Flannery O’Connor: The Bottom Rail on Top by Nicole d’Entremont
One fiction writer reflects on another. A lesson in entering fully into the world created by an author.
Easter: A Season and a Way of Life by Stephen B. Kass
The penitential season of Lent has passed and the season of rebirth and renewal is here. Its 50 days are a period of inspiration that serve as a call to action to all the faithful.
Dreaming with Hans Küng by Joseph Prabhu
A remembrance of the towering theologian and the new paradigms of thought and expression he brought to the Catholic Church.
From the Mundane to the Mystical: On the Work of Denis Johnson by Adam Fleming Petty
A critical appreciation of a major novelist whose work evokes the spirituality of the American landscape.
The Decisive Moment: A Vision of Life after the Pandemic by Feliciano López Peralta
Humanity is at a crossroads, a turning point, a decisive moment in which it has to choose a new direction.
The Paradoxical Pulse: An Excerpt from The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
A famed scientist's awakening to faith in West Africa.
The Story of a Pilgrimage by Michael Ford
One human being’s search for psychological reparation after a breakdown at the age of 23.
Seeds of Spiritual Vitality by Ed Burns
We have the time and the grace we need to grow towards God, to say “Yes” back to him, to orient the slow and steady growth of our love wholeheartedly towards him.
Matthew T. Eggemeier and Peter Joseph Fritz on “The Politics of Mercy”
An excerpt from a transformative new work, featuring a brief interview with the authors.