Some three months before Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of the lunar module and left his footprints upon the surface of the moon in July, 1969, and uttered those immortal words about it being but “one small step for man” and yet “a giant leap for mankind,” a young, brown-haired, freckle-faced boy in the […]
Evangelization
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
How are grassroots Catholics responding to the sex abuse crisis?
Scores of lay parish and diocesan leaders have shared that their faith in the church and her leadership has been shaken to its roots.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Will Pope Francis allow married priests?
What exactly is Pope Francis suggesting?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Meghan O’Gieblyn on Christian evangelical culture
When the essayist Meghan O’Gieblyn was a student at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, a Friday night out meant sidewalk evangelism. She and her friends would draw the plan of salvation on a portable chalkboard, hand out tracts and invite passersby to get saved. O’Gieblyn got few takers. Eventually, she left the school and […]
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
A look at women’s leadership—in Biblical times and today
Our guest this week is Richard J. Clifford, S.J. We discuss his article Women have been leading since Biblical times—they can lead again today. We also discuss these articles: Pope beatifies ‘Of Gods and Men’ martyrs A 1940s French film is one of the most Catholic horror movies ever made Lessons from John Alan Chau […]
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Lessons from John Allen Chau (and Francis Xavier) for Catholic missions today
How should Christians interpret and implement the Gospel mandate to bring the good news to all peoples and nations?
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Evangelization isn’t getting people to fall in line—it’s getting them to fall in love
Immorality destroys the Gospel; sin—yours and mine—is precisely what puts people in the field hospital to begin with.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
In Lima, Pope Francis calls for a united, missionary and prophetic church
People and cheered Pope Francis everywhere he went on this last day of his visit.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Missionary Witness
During the middle decades of the 20th century one of the best known Maryknoll priests in the United States was John J Considine who was widely admired for his books lectures and editorial supervision of Maryknoll rsquo s superlative mission magazine The Field Afar In 1963 Maryknoll rsquo s su
Posted inFaith, Features
The New, Lay Face of Missionaries
For many Catholics, the word missionary brings to mind a centuries-old image of a priest planting a cross in a foreign land and teaching, baptizing and celebrating Mass for its people. Or it may conjure up the slightly more modern image of women religious running a school in Africa or Latin America.