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What We Need Is a Change of Heart about Mass

What We Need Is a Change of Heart about Mass

Fr. Thomas Dailey, OSFS

On Sundays, while my mother was alive, I would visit her after celebrating a parish Mass. She would usually greet me by asking, “How was church today?” With typical Irish...

What We Need Is a Change of Heart about Mass

Fr. Thomas Dailey, OSFS

On Sundays, while my mother was alive, I would visit her after celebrating a parish Mass. She would usually greet me by asking, “How was church today?” With typical Irish...

St. Oscar Romero: One Who Stood Up for Christ

St. Oscar Romero: One Who Stood Up for Christ

Merridith Frediani

The word “apostasy” has been coming up in my life lately. Per Merriam-Webster, apostasy is: “1: an act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith...

St. Oscar Romero: One Who Stood Up for Christ

Merridith Frediani

The word “apostasy” has been coming up in my life lately. Per Merriam-Webster, apostasy is: “1: an act of refusing to continue to follow, obey, or recognize a religious faith...

The Other 23 Catholic Churches: Part 5, West Syrian Rite

The Other 23 Catholic Churches: Part 5, West Sy...

Nicholas LaBanca

This is the fifth part in the series on the Eastern Catholic Churches. In this part we will talk about the West Syrian Rite. As I walked into the church...

The Other 23 Catholic Churches: Part 5, West Sy...

Nicholas LaBanca

This is the fifth part in the series on the Eastern Catholic Churches. In this part we will talk about the West Syrian Rite. As I walked into the church...

Handmaid: 'Be It Done Unto Me'

Handmaid: 'Be It Done Unto Me'

Merridith Frediani

One of the most beautiful statements in the Bible, maybe even in the history of life on earth, is Mary’s joyous response to the angel Gabriel at the Annunciation. With...

Handmaid: 'Be It Done Unto Me'

Merridith Frediani

One of the most beautiful statements in the Bible, maybe even in the history of life on earth, is Mary’s joyous response to the angel Gabriel at the Annunciation. With...

A 'New Savvy' Emerges from Young Adult Catholics

A 'New Savvy' Emerges from Young Adult Catholics

Matthew Pinto

It has been more than fifty years since Bishop Fulton J. Sheen captured the attention of television viewers throughout the nation with his dynamic presence, wit, and wisdom. These days,...

A 'New Savvy' Emerges from Young Adult Catholics

Matthew Pinto

It has been more than fifty years since Bishop Fulton J. Sheen captured the attention of television viewers throughout the nation with his dynamic presence, wit, and wisdom. These days,...

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Bearing Witness in a Secular Age

Carol Lynn Miller

According to philosopher, James K.A. Smith, we might want to rethink what it means to be secular. In his talk, “Our Secular Age,” James K.A. Smith asks the question, “What...

Bearing Witness in a Secular Age

Carol Lynn Miller

According to philosopher, James K.A. Smith, we might want to rethink what it means to be secular. In his talk, “Our Secular Age,” James K.A. Smith asks the question, “What...