Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller writes how Catholic colleges and universities have welcomed Muslim students with hospitality. “I think it starts with respecting and showing kindness to everyone regardless of religious background,” student Lisan Hasnain of India said. Christian students are welcome to learn
With his beatification Dec. 21, Archbishop Fulton Sheen will be memorialized in the Church for reasons far beyond his contributions to the Church’s intellectual life or his evangelical zeal. Archbishop Sheen is a model for those striving for holiness. Through his practice
Are you looking for a simple resource to guide you throughout the season of Advent? Hallow, an authentically Catholic meditation and prayer app, is leading a twenty-five day Advent challenge with weekly reflections of the themes of Advent — hope, faith, joy
Catholic mom Kim Cameron-Smith writes that one of our primary tasks as Catholic parents is to lead our children toward a maturing faith and a deepening relationship with Christ. Our task is to raise disciples. We can lead our children like Christ
Christmas is celebrated because of one woman’s unconditional yes to God. There is so much beauty in Mary’s fiat, in her desire to gift us the birth of her son. Yet, how often is my own yes to God attached to the
Bill Dodds writes about the Judgment of Nations and how we are called to assist the homeless. He offers big and little ways we can act and expands the definition of homeless to those who relocate to a new city, are hospitalized,
In the fourth installment of the series on biographies of the saints, Leonard J. DeLorenzo examines two works about saints, “Oscar Romero and The Communion of Saints,” by Scott Wright with Octavio Duran, and “Bakhita: From Slave to Saint” by Roberto Italo
Rather than being the text of a single discourse by Jesus, the Beatitudes is a collection of Jesus’ teachings. This is how Jesus Christ said men and women should organize and conduct their lives. There are two versions of the sermon in
The ceramic skull on Sister Theresa Aletheia’s desk is a daily reminder that she will die one day. Rather than ignore death, she prefers to meditate on it. “Death is a reality of human life. A reality that you or I could
Jeremy McLellan does not shy away from controversy. As a standup comedian, he admits that he likes to “cause trouble.” In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, McLellan discussed his conversion to Catholicism, his brand of “clean but edgy” comedy, how Catholicism
St. Mark Ji Tianxiang struggled with opium addiction for almost half of his 66 years of life. A committed Catholic, St. Mark Ji continually confessed to smoking opium, but the graces of the sacrament were not enough to deliver him from his