Our Sunday Visitor Catholic Magazine

Holidays & Occasions

3 ways to cultivate silence this Advent

“Miss Cintorino, you have so many tabs open! It’s a bit stressful!” one of my students announced in class one day. She wasn’t wrong. My browser window, projected onto…

byMaria Cintorino

Spirituality

The importance of appetite for enjoying a feast

byLeonard J. DeLorenzo

Catholic Living

Party like it’s 1399: 12 tips for better celebrations from the Middle Ages

byNadya Williams

Travel

Hope meets history in Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago

Culture

An unexpected God: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Ave Maria, Gratia Plena’

Catholic Living

3 ways to cultivate silence this Advent

byMaria Cintorino

Special cookies for a special season: Authentic ‘Bones of the Dead’

byValerie Stivers

How we think about marriage needs to change

byCristina D'Averso-Collins

Teach your children well: The story of Our Lady and Adele Brise

bySara Rennekamp

Spirituality

‘I was a stranger’: Let Mother Cabrini guide you in making room for others in your life

This first appeared in the November 2024 issue of Our Sunday Visitor Magazine. At a funeral Mass I attended last summer, a cell phone went off during the consecration. Of all things, the…

byLindsay Schlegel

Open invitation: St. Martin de Porres calls all of us to the heavenly feast

byLindsay Schlegel

The Lateran Basilica: the church of the Pope

byDeacon Greg Kandra

Why praying for the dead is a form of love

byFather Joshua J. Whitfield

Culture

The ultimate end: living virtue in ordinary life

To know the end is near, to watch for the end, St. Augustine taught that the fruit of such knowledge and vigilance is patience. Instead of anxiety, instead of chaos and overactivity, rather…

byFather Joshua J. Whitfield

Finding strength in the Rosary with Father Joseph-Anthony Kress

byFather Patrick Briscoe, OP

A final column and a new beginning

byKenneth Craycraft

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Holidays & Occasions

Can I be sad at the funeral of someone I think is in heaven?

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The truth about exorcists

Spirituality

Yes, wine is good — but it’s not the basis of true Catholic culture

Scripture

The challenges of Jesus’ parables

Saints

Follow St. Ignatius of Antioch to a courageous profession of faith

Scripture

Grit and longing

Prayer

Why you should pray the psalms every day, and how to start

Scripture

Gratitude is the heart of faith

Spirituality

As disciples, sometimes we need to just shut up and listen

Good Taste

This sweet treat in the shape of a rose is perfect for the Little Flower