Celebrating the Eucharist with Daniel Berrigan: ‘A Communion I will never forget’

by Jim Forest May 3, 2021

On the fifth anniversary of the death of Daniel Berrigan, S.J., a close friend and colleague looks back on a poignant moment in their work together.

Faith, Faith in Focus

I’m a young man of God in a high-stress, chaotic world. St. Joseph was too.

by Conor Bellone April 30, 2021

St. Joseph seems to keep appearing in my life.

Faith in Focus, Politics & Society

A cop pulled me over when I was a Catholic seminarian for driving while Black. Thank God I was with white friends.

by Bruce Wilkinson April 23, 2021

In 1980, I was pulled over at night after a cop saw me pass his parked car. I could have been another Daunte Wright—if there hadn’t been two white men in my car.

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This 98-year-old monk clashed with Thomas Merton over cheesemaking (and capitalism). But concern for the poor changed his mind.

by Gregory Hillis April 23, 2021

When Brother Frederic Collins arrived at the abbey of Gethsemani, he was a product of his upbringing. A businessman with a degree in business, he was uncritical of U.S. free-market capitalism. Then he met Merton.

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What the conversion of St. Ignatius can teach us 500 years later

by Jean Luc Enyegue, S.J. April 22, 2021

The miracle is to believe that for those, like Ignatius, who believe in God and trust in God’s care and providence, there is no accident, no tragedy or failure that they cannot overcome.

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How the women of the Bible helped me reimagine my barrenness

by Kaya Oakes April 22, 2021

Discovering that a pivotal figure like Esther, who saves her people from death, also happens to be childless, can help us understand that childlessness in Scripture cannot be understood only as a curse.