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Religious or Spiritual? A Closer Look

Religious or Spiritual? A Closer Look

Maggie Ciskanik

All of us must contend with the prevalent negative attitude toward religion. However, young people are deeply affected with more than thirty-nine percent claiming non-affiliation in a recent Pew survey....

Religious or Spiritual? A Closer Look

Maggie Ciskanik

All of us must contend with the prevalent negative attitude toward religion. However, young people are deeply affected with more than thirty-nine percent claiming non-affiliation in a recent Pew survey....

3 Things to Consider Before You Click "Post"

3 Things to Consider Before You Click "Post"

Matthew Pinto

A colleague told me about a post she encountered in her Facebook newsfeed. A newlywed wife posted a picture of her husband serving her a gourmet breakfast.

3 Things to Consider Before You Click "Post"

Matthew Pinto

A colleague told me about a post she encountered in her Facebook newsfeed. A newlywed wife posted a picture of her husband serving her a gourmet breakfast.

Was Mary Capable of Saying No to the Angel Gabriel?

Was Mary Capable of Saying No to the Angel Gabr...

Colin MacIver

And Mary said to the angel, “Are you kidding me? No way!” Thus she asserted her autonomy and liberation. She would never assent to being the mother of a son...

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Was Mary Capable of Saying No to the Angel Gabr...

Colin MacIver

And Mary said to the angel, “Are you kidding me? No way!” Thus she asserted her autonomy and liberation. She would never assent to being the mother of a son...

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Waiting for God after Your Fiat

Waiting for God after Your Fiat

Merridith Frediani

Be it done unto me: five simple words spoken by Mary in her fiat to God. They are the words of one who trusts completely. She had to have known...

Waiting for God after Your Fiat

Merridith Frediani

Be it done unto me: five simple words spoken by Mary in her fiat to God. They are the words of one who trusts completely. She had to have known...

Editors' Choice: Fr. Josh, Jackie & Bobby Angel, and More

Editors' Choice: Fr. Josh, Jackie & Bobby Angel...

The Ascension Team

Here’s some of Ascension Media’s best content from the past two weeks. Merridith Frediani writes about how her faith is inspired by St. Oscar Romero, whose feast day we celebrate...

Editors' Choice: Fr. Josh, Jackie & Bobby Angel...

The Ascension Team

Here’s some of Ascension Media’s best content from the past two weeks. Merridith Frediani writes about how her faith is inspired by St. Oscar Romero, whose feast day we celebrate...

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...