I quit the choir, pushed away my friends and focused only on my anger toward God.
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Announcing America’s 2020 Generation Faith Essay Contest
“A church that does not listen…cannot be credible,” Pope Francis said in his opening remarks to a worldwide meeting of Catholic leaders on the topic of young people. The pope said the church needs to listen “to those young people who often do not feel understood by the church” and are “not accepted for who they […]
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I wanted to become a Catholic. But first I had to give up the Eucharist—and porn.
At the start of my senior year of college, I was taking the Eucharist every day. The problem was, I was not Catholic.
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Hate public speaking? Here’s why you should lector anyway
Speaking in front of a hundred people did not come naturally to me.
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Finding God in song (and breakdancing) at the Steubenville Youth Conferences
Maybe you heard about the breakdancing priests. Seeing the video sparked memories of my own experiences at Steubenville.
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I was depressed. Transferring to Catholic school was my last resort.
God did not include me, but my too-cool-for-religion friend group did.
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Leaving the seminary to find my vocation.
Being at peace with one’s vocation is a great gift. But this gift is not easy to find.
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“I hadn’t set foot in a church since my father passed away.” A JV talks about “steering” her way back to God.
My faith is rooted in the tradition of my family, a line of Irish Catholics.
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A post-9/11 Generation Catholic analyzes the struggles of his faith.
“Memory is a key part of keeping faith in the modern world.”
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God is always calling his children home.
It is hard for me to deny God when I look around and see such awesome works of his hand.