Part of my project aims to show that Catholics responded heroically to H.I.V. and AIDS in the early days. What I didn’t realize in setting out to tell these stories was how raw that time remains for so many people, even decades later.
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Dear White Catholics: It’s time to be anti-racist and leave white fragility behind.
It is important to feel guilt and shame over racism in order to overcome it.
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I didn’t get how St. Francis of Assisi found joy in poverty—until I walked in his footsteps.
St. Francis’ poverty was not cold and brutal but actually, in a way, worldly. It was a poverty that anyone today searching for what is real and authentic might relate to.
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A Thanksgiving prayer in the time of Covid
Maybe the only prayer I can utter this Thanksgiving is: Teach me to be grateful.
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We should stop filming the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
An e-Eucharist can be unsacramental and even anti-sacramental.
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How Latinos celebrate Thanksgiving: Turkey optional, gratitude required
Many Latino people of various cultures who call this country home have embraced Thanksgiving—each culture adding its own spice, of course.
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Whatever brings a person to God is holy—whether you like it or not
Whatever brings a person closer to God is holy.
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Why this Jesuit middle school is staying open while NYC public schools go remote
For Black, brown and poor students in-person schooling is an essential service.
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St. Hildegard gives us a recipe for joy—even during a pandemic
Hildegard von Bingen’s five ingredients for an abundant life.
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I have two kids with Down syndrome. Here’s what I wish those considering abortion knew about life with them.
My children are not unique because they suffer. They are unique because they do not hide suffering well—and they challenge me to live that way.