I was supposed to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil this year. But, like catechumens across the country, my journey was put on hold by the pandemic.
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How one graduating senior is choosing happiness over desolation in spite of coronavirus
The first in her family to attend college, a student reflects with her professor on her life of struggles and growth as she prepares to graduate from Loyola Marymount University.
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I grew up in a Catholic cult. I had to tell my story before I could accept that.
Telling my story might have been impaired had I approached it from the point of view of describing a cult. That was for the audience to discern and for me, ultimately, to accept.
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Living with pre-grief amid a pandemic
Pre-grief is not the absence of hope. Somehow, we can mourn what is passing away even while we work to preserve it.
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I’m a Jesuit in formation. Here’s why I decided to take care of my mental health.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To honor this month, I want to share why I’m so glad I sought help.
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We are living in an apocalypse
The coronavirus pandemic has caused our world, as we know it, to end. But there might be a better world around the bend, a better arrangement than the one we have grown used to.
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Why you should read St. Catherine of Siena—in her own words—during the coronavirus pandemic
Catherine is a model of contemplation in action, no doubt. But for many, the biography of her life has overshadowed her writings.
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Read: Pope Francis’ rosary prayers in the midst of coronavirus
Here are the texts of two prayers, written by Pope Francis, for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A prayer for first responders during the coronavirus pandemic
Loving God, in the midst of our world’s—your world’s—coronavirus crisis, we beg to bring before you the brave women and men who are closest to the sick and suffering.
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What a forgotten Black nun can teach us about racism and Covid-19
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, I have thought often about Sister Mary Anthony Duchemin and the extraordinary sacrifice that she made to the church and community at large in 1832.