Category: Essays & Profiles
The Scapegoat Mechanism: Reflections on Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” by Leonard Engel
Tracking the backstory of an enduring work of American literature.
Shooting for the Moon by Julie A. Ferraro
Funds for the projected 2024 NASA mission to the moon could be better used to care for our brothers and sisters here on earth.
Reaching Out by Michael Ford
How Henri Nouwen inspired one woman's "Wounded Healer" ministry.
Reflections on American Catholic History: Part III—A New Epoch by David J. O’Brien
The third and final part in a series tracing the development of the church from Vatican II through the present.
Seizing the Sacred in the Faith of Others by Patrick Henry
Learning from deeply religious individuals who recognized the sacred in the religion of others.
The Tree of Life: Seasons on Earth, Reasons in Heaven by O’Neill D’Cruz
Uncovering the universal wisdom of an ancient archetype.
“This Wild Calling”: The Possibilities and Limitations of the Synod on Synodality by Gene Ciarlo
The Synod on Synodality is not radical enough to move mountains, and mountains must be moved.
At Glendalough by Richard Lehan
The arc of time streams through this valley; its breadth and porous boundary between past, present, and future enveloped us in a humbling temporal awareness.
From I to We by Ray Temmerman
The Mass is not a celebration of a group of individuals praying in one place. Rather, it is a thanksgiving celebration of one family, one body, united in faith.
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.