Grounded in the four pillars of spirituality, education, solidarity and mission, the Holy Games presented a unique blend of faith and athleticism.
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Black Elk’s Lakota spirituality reminded him (and us): God has heard and seen it all
His Catholicism was enriched by an image of God as “older than all need,” an image that reflected the ancient wisdom of his people.
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Mass at a casino, a bishop in a boat, and armies of Italian grandmothers: Meet Atlantic City Catholicism
Welcome to the Wedding of the Sea in Atlantic City.
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I became a lawyer because I loved books. It became my vocation because of the people.
It is my duty to assist those in need.
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Make holy days of obligation festive again
Too often they feel like obligations with barely any holiness and no feasting.
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Mass on vacation: The beauty (and anxiety) of going to a new parish
I am learning to meet my summer Mass shake-ups with grace.
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How I learned to pray the Examen—despite my short attention span
I took this to God and asked for some tools I could use to make the nightly Examen work for my neurodivergent brain.
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The Jesuit roots of the synod’s ‘conversations in the spirit’
The method has deep roots in a form of communal discernment that was developed in Canada after the Second Vatican Council.
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Joe Biden made room for the next generation. Baby Boomers should do the same.
The realization that a younger person is more fit, more alert, more capable, more relevant, more suited to the job one has long done is not fun. We baby boomers can relate.
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Eucharistic Diary: United by our common love of our savior
It was stunning to see that the 10th National Eucharistic Congress had achieved one of its principal aims—Eucharistic coherence.