The combination of religious faith and prophetic political action that marked César Chávez’s hunger strikes would become typical of many other moments in his long career as a labor organizer turned American icon.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Schmagnificent: ‘Schmigadoon’ delivers on the promise of musical theater
“Schmigadoon!” is not about recreating the forms of old musicals, it’s about what happens when we give ourselves over to musical theater.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Hulu’s ‘The Great’ is more than a raunchy farce. Love and mercy reign.
For me, the plot events ahead are secondary to the show’s real strength, the paths that the characters themselves will take.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
Podcast: Joining a parish (or club) could save your life.
A discussion about the documentary “Join or Die,” “a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America depends on it.“
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The mystery of Thomas Merton’s death—and the witness of America magazine’s poetry editor
John Moffitt, the longtime poetry editor of ‘America,’ met Thomas Merton the week Merton died, and wrote of the account for ‘America.’
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The works of Brian Doyle remind us of the unique holiness of children and childhood
The writing of Brian Doyle, who died in 2017, hummed with an undercurrent that honors children and invites the reader to adopt their posture of innocence.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The British monarchy’s fraught (and sometimes bloody) history with Catholicism
A new study exploring the relationship between religion and the English monarchy by Catherine Pepinster explores the impact Elizabeth II and the monarchs that preceded her have had on the Church of England as well as on other faith traditions in their realm.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
I’m a priest and Writers Guild member. Here’s why Catholics should support the writers strike.
I would like to offer three anecdotes from my life that I hope will speak to what the Writers Guild of America is fighting for and why Catholics should care.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The unexpected connection between J. D. Salinger, Swami Vivekananda and the poetry editor of America magazine
John Moffitt, the poetry editor of America, was also a regular correspondent with everyone from famous Hindu swamis to J. D. Salinger to Thomas Merton.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
The famous poet nuns who filled the pages of America magazine
In mid-century America, nuns and sisters were writing poems, and publishing them in the nation’s finest publications.