With the arrival of Halloween, we’re given another way to consider good versus evil, the struggle for redemption, and the cost of choosing the wrong side. Horror movies seem an unlikely venue for spiritual reflection, but the good ones make the darkness
Recently, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, attended a performance of Will Arbery’s celebrated play “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. When the play premiered three years ago off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in
In a new column for Our Sunday Visitor, Pauline Sister Nancy Usselman writes that parenting today can be difficult given the fact that kids have almost constant access to media via their smartphones. “As a media literacy educator, I try to offer
A new documentary on Sister Thea Bowman shines a light on her life and work as an advocate for racial justice and intercultural understanding.
The idea for the documentary came to Franciscan Sister Judith Ann Zielinski, who wrote and produced the film, after
There has been much talk lately of a recent phenomenon among Gen Z workers known as “quiet quitting” — a strategy employed by workers who are making intentional decisions to extend no more effort, or do no more work, than the minimum
However much you and your children think you love the TV show “Bluey,” Catholic parent, author and radio host Katie Prejean McGrady and her family probably love it more — not only because of its entertainment value, but because it is the
Briana Jansky writes that amid a culture that has gone so far astray from the values of Christ, faith-filled Catholics can provide a witness to the power of God and his Church. “The recent shootings and attacks on human life within the
Warning, the following essay contains spoilers for those who have not seen the final few episodes of “Better Call Saul,” the last of which aired Aug. 15. “I can say with complete self-confidence,” declares theologian Stanley Hauerwas in his memoir, “Hannah’s Child,”
On Aug. 14, the vigil of the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Atlantic published an article originally titled, “How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol.” Now titled “How Extremist Gun Culture Is Trying to Co-Opt the Rosary,”
Associate editor Ava Lalor writes: “There are some days where it feels like the whole world is against Catholicism. … And then there are days where I see Catholicism in everything — as I’ve written about on multiple occasions. … Luckily, if