Ava Lalor is associate editor for Our Sunday Visitor and editor for Radiant magazine.
During college, assistant editor Ava Lalor met a seminarian named Ben, and in recent months she has enjoyed following his daily Facebook posts noting “a couple of thoughts from seminary” in which he shares anything from deep theological truths to relatable and
I think everyone can agree that the recent weeks have been hard. The sinking feeling we all had upon hearing of the mass shootings in California, Texas and Ohio have become all too familiar. “Another one” — that’s what ran through my
Growing up in northern Illinois, the name of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was a popular one in the Catholic community. Everyone seemed to have a story about the archbishop or have a cousin or grandparent who was distantly related to him. During my
When I moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to start my job at Our Sunday Visitor, I was truly taking a leap of faith. It wasn’t the job that made me nervous; it was the big unknown: How would I find a community?
We are living in a new age of eugenics, a resurgence described as "health care." It is more subtle, but it is there nonetheless. The abortion statistics speak for themselves, and as Russell Shaw wrote in a recent article, the pro-choice industry
Each Pentecost, the Pantheon in Rome has a tradition where rose petals rain down from the open ceiling upon the congregation, imitating the Holy Spirit descending as tongues of fire upon the apostles. If you've never seen a photo or video of
As the three men lay prostrate on the marble floor of the sanctuary, I saw them commit to giving their lives for the Bride of Christ, the Church, just as husbands and wives commit to laying down their lives for their spouse.
In his letter to young people, Pope Francis emphasizes how self-knowledge guides the faithful to grasp their identity and best use their gifts
Street evangelization might call to mind images of people shouting on corners and holding apocalyptic signs. Yet, in the age of the New Evangelization and modern media, one priest is taking to the streets with a different tool: a microphone. Father Kyle
Tucked a block away from the public high school and only a short drive from downtown Huntington, Indiana, the St. Felix Catholic Center likely is not a traditional stop on the Catholic bucket list. But those who are blessed to find it