After a decade away from weekly Catholic worship, I realize that Roman Catholicism offers me the opportunity to see the world through the eyes of a poet.
Catholic Identity
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The God-Haunted Characters of James Lee Burke
In 37 novels and two short story collections, Burke writes about characters who struggle to do good in a context of pervasive evil.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Enshrining the family: Final thoughts on ‘Catholic Modern’
Last thoughts on an intriguing book about how the Catholic Church confronted the realities of the 20th century in Europe.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
How a punk rock journalist found healing in the Catholic Church
Dawn Eden Goldstein was born into a Jewish family, but in her teens and 20s—dealing with cycles suicidal depression—charted her own path as a journalist and devotee of the religion of punk rock.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
In a church without priests, I cannot find redemption: a response to James Carroll
James Carroll’s article gives no hint that we are all, in fact, sinners in need of salvation; he argues that the only thing lay Catholics need to be saved from is Catholicism itself.
Posted inFaith, Features
Meet the women leaders who are transforming Jesuit higher education
Today, 16 of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the A.J.C.U. are led by lay presidents, three of whom are women. Their perspectives as lay women professionals in leadership has brought needed skills to their institutions and created opportunities to clarify their institutions’ Jesuit mission and identity.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How diversity in the classroom makes us better Catholics
Today, it is the rule—not the exception—that there are at least as many students of color in my classrooms as white students.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
A church remade in the midst of modernity
The Catholic Book Club’s new selection studies the Catholic Church’s ecclesial response to modernity over the last century.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What’s new with the Catholic Book Club?
In late fall we discussed Kate Bowler’s poignant memoir about being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. We followed that with one of three recent volumes of the collected short stories of Andre Dubus.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Seven tips for new Catholics, from one convert to another
Welcome! Christ is risen.