Category: Essays & Profiles
Looking for Miss Annie Vickers by Nicole d’Entremont
"But nothing stopped the singing. It swelled, a great wave, higher and higher; then fell, drenching us in sound and jubilation." Remembering the march from Selma to Montgomery.
New group focused on “supporting the embrace of synodality” in US church
The Pentecost Vigil Project is "a one-stop-shop for American Catholic individuals and organizations to ponder, prepare and practice synodality."
Ordinary Catholics to be offered an inspirational balance to the clerical, male-dominated XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2023
Spirit Unbounded announces two major speakers for its October 2023 "Discipleship of Equals" event.
The Church Will Always Have My Heart, But It Can No Longer Have My Money by Colleen Shaddox
The Catholic Church, not the mystical body of Christ but the institution, has failed to make a good confession about child sexual abuse.
In the Apostolic Tradition by Gene Ciarlo
Christians may be relatively few in number once again, and once again they will have to grow from new seeds planted in rich soil.
“The Hallowing of the Real”: Small Christian Communities and the Universal Priesthood
Small Christian communities are places to practice living eucharistically.
“The God-Haunted Heart”: An Excerpt from “Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and Its Challenge for Our Times”
Encountering Dorothy Day at a pivotal moment in her life.
Reflections on American Catholic History: Part II—Religious Pluralism by David J. O’Brien
The second in a three-part series tracing the development of the church from Vatican II through the present.
Catholic reform group urges Christians everywhere to work together for much-needed change
The UK organization Root & Branch has introduced a new global network working for transformational change within the church.
Doors to the Sacred: Part VI—Anointing of the Sick by John Alonzo Dick
The sixth and final of a multipart series giving an historical, theological, and pastoral overview of the sacraments.
On the Wings of Prayer by Michael Ford
The spiritual practice of pilot Stuart Beech, who contemplates creation at 38,000 feet.
Reflections on American Catholic History: Part I—Community Expectations by David J. O’Brien
The first in a three-part series tracing the development of the church from Vatican II through the present.
Public Letter on the Synodal Process from the Online Young Adult Seekers Small Christian Community
An open letter from a Kenya-based SCC advocates for the expanded role of women and young people in the church.
Jesus: What God Is Like by Gene Ciarlo
An essay for the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6.