Gretchen R. Crowe is the editor-in-chief of OSV News.
What does conversational intelligence, Pope Francis and media have in common? Gretchen Crowe reflects on the interconnectedness of these three things in her latest column. Commenting on Pope Francis’ message for World Day of Social Communications, celebrated this year on May 21,
Editorial director and columnist Gretchen Crowe shares one of her favorite prayers: “One of my favorite prayers is composed by Blessed James Alberione, an Italian priest, Church communications visionary, and founder of the Pauline family. Called ‘To Overcome the Predominant Passion,’ it,
After refraining from saying “Alleluia” throughout the Lenten season, Gretchen Crowe’s household is ringing with glory and praise this Easter! In honor of this great time of feasting and celebrating, Crowe put together something special. In her latest column, she writes: “So
Easter is here! Alleluia, he is risen! We have made it through our Lenten fast, we have walked with the Lord during his passion and death, and we rejoice now in his resurrection. It is, quite rightly, a time for feasting and
Gretchen Crowe has never been good at keeping a routine, as she confesses in her most recent column. That’s why she loves the structure of Lent so much. Recently, while reading the OSV biography about Cardinal Francis George, the late archbishop of
If a normal picture is worth 1,000 words, the photos coming out of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake Feb. 6 were worth that and then some. As Gretchen Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, writes in her latest column,
In her latest column, Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, reminisces about her girlhood desire to own an American Girl doll. “Growing up, my best friend had the American Girl doll ‘Molly.’ Molly Jean McIntire, to give her her full name,
Gretchen Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News has written a new book. She tells the story: “Four years ago, I watched a video on YouTube of a woman who was doing impressive work caring for underserved children in downtown Columbus, Ohio. She’d started
What does it mean to die well? The end, it’s inevitable for all of us. When, we don’t know. How, we don’t know. Where, we don’t know. But we know it’s coming. As Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, writes in
With a new year around the corner, Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, offers three ways we can grow our spiritual lives this year. She writes: “Too often, all the potential of the newness of the year devolves into a list