Category: Essays & Profiles

Is the Church Ready for Radical Simplicity? by Gene Ciarlo

The bywords for the rest of the Synod should be radical simplicity, and a place for everyone according to their gifts and charisms.
March 18, 2024/by tac

The Mystical Camino by O’Neill D’Cruz

Every faith tradition offers models and metaphors for the Way, rooted in both mystical and cultural contexts and expressed in archetypal and physical symbols.
March 6, 2024/by tac

Armenian Americans feel the violent struggles of their homeland from across the world by Megan K. Brush and Dr. Sarita Melkon Maldjian

Haunted by memories of the 1915 genocide, Armenian Americans are distressed by the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
March 5, 2024/by tac

“A Listening Church in a Divided Nation” facilitates intergenerational dialogue by Michael Centore

The February 28 event brought Cardinal Wilton Gregory into conversation with several young Catholics.
February 29, 2024/by tac

Youth Participation in Small Christian Communities in Tanzania: Insights and Recommendations by Jesca D. Massawe and James Alex Mhangwa

Despite having one of the fastest-growing populations of young people in the world, youth participation in Tanzania's small Christian communities was declining. Two SCC participants set out to discover why.
February 26, 2024/by tac

Association of US Catholic Priests hosts event on Synodality, co-responsibility, and women’s participation in the church by Michael Centore

The February 7 event featured insights from Synod delegates, church leaders, and others who have participated in the public activities of the Synod.
February 8, 2024/by tac

Synodal Discernment and Women in the Diaconate by Phyllis Zagano

To argue against restoring women to the diaconate is to argue against diaconal ministry itself.
January 30, 2024/by tac

Ever-Present Everywhere by Ray Temmerman

The action of breaking bread causes a sudden recognition of Christ's presence, a presence that was there all along.
January 23, 2024/by tac

Similarity-in-Difference: Amanda D. Quantz on Interspirituality, Radical Hospitality, and the Ministry of Presence

A video interview with the author on her book "Radical Hospitality for a Prophetic Church" is accompanied by a brief excerpt.
January 12, 2024/by tac

The Mystical Canticle by O’Neill D’Cruz

The Lord's Prayer as a schema of the three stages of the spiritual journey: purgative, illuminative, and unitive.
January 10, 2024/by tac

A Pilgrimage in Parallel by Bob Toohey

I was a successful professional, a husband, a poet, a retreat leader, a mentor of men in recovery, a father, and a grandfather. Yet here in this jail, no one knew or cared.
January 8, 2024/by tac

Chastening and Purification by Edward R. Burns

What God sees in the hearts of each of us is “gold and silver,” and he is eager to help us discover this in ourselves.
January 2, 2024/by tac

House of Light by Michael Ford

A tour of the Chapelle du Rosaire, famously known as the "Matisse Chapel," in Vence, France.
December 21, 2023/by tac

Courting Community by Chad Thralls

What playing hoops at 50 is teaching me about life.
December 18, 2023/by tac

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