I walk with people at a terrifying moment in their lives. I am there to bear witness to some of the worst actions of our government, undertaken in the name of “We the People.”
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Education is about more than test results. But how do we tell if it’s working?
Is there a way to measure a student’s overall flourishing as a human person?
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Father James Martin: Lessons from mowing lawns, riding bikes and a fateful walk to school
Finding God in suburbia: An exclusive excerpt from the new book “Work in Progress”
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Can a monastery’s space for quiet save the world?
An agnostic, I came to the Abbey seeking not Christ but quiet. For nearly two days I remained unplugged from the information world; no texts, e-mails, YouTube, Instagram, phone calls, etc.
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The mystery of Epiphany—and the miracle of human consciousness
What does it mean for God not only to take on flesh but to take on a very specific and highly individualized human consciousness? This is a mystery I never expect to elucidate.
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A Jesuit Navy chaplain witnesses the healing power of sacraments for military personnel with PTSD
Prayer can serve as a bulwark against the challenges of life after war.
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Popes, immigration courts and culture wars: Faith stories that made an impact in 2025
From popes to parenting, aging to immigration, we filtered global events through the lens of faith and made national stories personal ones.
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Mary is every mother who has lost a child
No matter how a mother loses a child, the mourning must feel like an abyss. Mary’s child is every child who has died too soon.
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How a Living Nativity brought Christmas joy to our parish
It began in 1995, simply as a way to bring Christmas joy to our neighbors.
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Walking through doors of hope and communion with the Christ Child Society
On a pilgrimage to Rome during this Jubilee Year of Hope, the experience of walking through holy doors transformed my thinking about doors in general. I began to focus less on their physicality and more on their purpose as a passage to a place beyond.