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Let your voice be heard!

By Patrick Laorden

"Make your voice heard; let it resonate in communities and let it be heard by your shepherd of souls," proclaims Pope Francis in his letter to young people this past January. As we look to the upcoming Synod of Bishops in October 2018, these times are crucial for young adults to be engaged in the life of the church.

6/9/17
Reading Time 3 min

The myth of neutrality

By Richard Doerflinger
Once upon a time, we were told to allow dissent from time-honored legal and moral norms in the name of “freedom of choice.”     Politicians assured us they were “personally opposed” to abortion but couldn’t impose their values on others. Assisted suicide was advocated not as a way to demean the lives of seriously ill […]
6/8/17
Reading Time 3 min

The greatest mission for parents

By Sr. Constance Veit, L.s.p.
Last month we watched Pope Francis travel to Fatima for the centenary of Our Lady’s apparitions to the three shepherd children, Lucia dos Santos and Jacinta and Francisco Marto. Much has been said and written about Fatima this year. I’ve learned a great deal about how the Fatima message encapsulates the essential elements of Christian […]
6/7/17
Reading Time 4 min

Attending Mass led to my conversion to Catholicism

By Christopher White
Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman once wrote that “to be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.” Cardinal Newman, a notable convert to the faith, was commenting on the essential role the Catholic Church has played throughout civilization — and his belief that in order to take history seriously, one has to wrestle […]
6/7/17
Reading Time 3 min

‘Holy Trinity: Mystery of unity and communion’

By Fr. Robert J. Wagner
When we engage the sciences to seek the truth, we test, observe and measure parts of God’s creation. In this way we expect to find precise equations, relationships and explanations to help unlock the mysteries of the natural world around us. However, when looking for truth in the mysteries of the church, we cannot use […]
6/7/17
Reading Time 3 min

Thoughts on the Western Wall, 50 years later

By George Weigel
Photographs can capture exceptional moments in an iconic way, making the original experience “present” emotionally as well as pictorially.   The photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima’s Mt. Suribachi “means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years,” Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal said in 1945. The image of […]
6/6/17
Reading Time 3 min

What does persecution look like?

By Greg Erlandson
What does persecution look like?   In Terry Gilliam’s 1985 dystopian film “Brazil,” there is a scene where diners at a restaurant casually continue eating their meals while a terrorist bomb explodes nearby, taking out another table of diners. The scene has often come back to me as I look at what our society increasingly […]
6/5/17
Reading Time 3 min

Raised by both sides of the Reformation

By Zoey Maraist

As someone raised by a Catholic mother and a Lutheran father, I’m no stranger to a little theological rivalry.

5/31/17
Reading Time 2 min

An occasion for fresh hope

By Elizabeth Foss
This time of year is a natural one for self-assessment. If you’re still in school, the end of the spring semester lends itself to reflecting on the year’s accomplishments and stumbling blocks and setting new goals for the next term. If you’re beyond school, old habits die hard, and the rhythm of the lives of […]
5/31/17
Reading Time 3 min

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