If we listened more than we lectured, maybe we would find different reasons to arrive at the same behaviors that help us heal.
Health and Wellness
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
St. Ignatius helped me get sober as a Protestant—and stay sober as a Catholic
I searched for some spiritual guru who’d written about attachment and addiction. One name kept coming up: St. Ignatius Loyola.
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After being in the ICU with Covid, my New Year’s Resolution isn’t about my weight—it’s to be a better neighbor
In 2021, we need fewer resolutions about weight loss and more about building connection.
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I’m a Catholic who’s struggled with eating disorders. You aren’t alone if you do, too.
I know how isolating eating disorders can be, especially around the holidays. I am here to share some hope with you.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
When it’s your turn, get the Covid-19 vaccine. It’s an act of love, charity and solidarity.
We will surely benefit if all our prominent national and local leaders—Catholic bishops and priests among them—are crystal clear about the safety of the vaccines.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
3 lessons the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic can teach us about COVID
COVID-19 is not the first pandemic of our lifetime. But we’re certainly acting like it is.
Posted inFaith, Features
A Jesuit guide to pandemic ministry
Does canceling the sacraments show a lack of faith? Jesuits in the 16th century didn’t think so.
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I participated in Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine trial—and it taught me a lot about Christian hope
My hope that I am vaccinated is pretty shallow. But doesn’t our experience of mundane hope bring us closer to understanding our deepest hope?
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Helping regular people navigate the health care industry is a ministry (and a podcast)
A conversation with Dan Weissmann, host of the podcast “An Arm and a Leg.”
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: Jim Wahlberg talks recovery, filmmaking and prayer
A chance encounter with a priest placed Jim Wahlberg on the road to recovery and healing for his entire family.