Christmas Joy Brightly Lights the Shadow of the Cross by Fran Salone-Pelletier

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Regal in his divine humanity yet unassuming in appearance, this babe would grow into adulthood—and restlessly, relentlessly challenge the status quo.

To Wait for Inspiration Is to Walk by Faith by Fran Salone-Pelletier

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Thinking ahead to Advent, the season of hopeful expectation.

An Appointment with Modernity
by William Droel

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At its best, the Catholic tradition fosters a reasonable approach with which to argue intelligently and temperately with the world.

Ashes to Ashes by Julie A. Ferraro

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The Catholic Church should support environmentally friendly burial processes.

Participating in God’s Being by Wally Swist

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Finding humility and divinity in caretaking a loved one who is experiencing memory loss.

Two Poems by Wally Swist

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". . . mid-October’s biblical / coat of many colors filling its bulk, / the parameters of it stretching to / rest its immensity across the horizon."

Humility’s Mirror by Fran Salone-Pelletier

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Humility does not guarantee sanctity. It heightens our awareness of salvation by sensitizing us to the presence of God.

Integral Ecologies by Renée Darline Roden

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How Annie Dillard and Dorothy Day helped a writer discover new ways of thinking, acting, and living ecologically.

Habitual Practice by Julie A. Ferraro

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For the 60th anniversary of Vatican II, rethinking the implications of one of its key documents for religious communities.

The Vital Logic of Humility: A Reflection for the Memorial of Saint Bruno

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Remembering the founder of the Carthusian Order, whose memorial is celebrated on October 6.