The beauty of Snape’s character is that he does not allow other characters’ doubts to dictate who he is.
Spirituality
Posted inColumns, Faith
New Monasticisms
The New Monastics seek a catholicism more universal than what the Catholic Church normally practices.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Adoption and the Christian life
For our family, adoption has come to mean much more than what we thought it did on that Sunday afternoon.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
My Journey from Atheist to Catholic: 11 Questions for Leah Libresco
‘If I am doing good, it’ll be mostly by getting out of the way of God.’
Posted inFaith, In All Things
An Ancient Prayer That Can Serve As an Anchor for Us Moderns
A prayer by St. Clement is considered part of the earliest of Christian literature.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Move over, Bellarmine. For Franciscans, today is the Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis
What appeared externally on Francis’ body was reflective of his interior conformity to the lived example of Jesus Christ.
Posted inCommunity
Your Legacy with ‘America’
For more than a century, the Jesuit ministry of America has provided a smart, Catholic take on faith and culture. Today, in a world plagued by ideological, political and even ecclesial divisions, America’s unique ministry of reconciliation is more important than ever.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
What’s it like to be gay and Catholic? An interview with Eve Tushnet
“There is a future for individual gay people in the Catholic Church that doesn’t require repression, or self-hatred, or being totally alone.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Ten tips for an Ignatian summer
Jesuit-inspired ideas for a spiritually rich season
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How the feast of the Visitation calls us to service
On the feast of the Visitation we recall yet another dimension of Mary’s response; we honor her spirit of service, or diakonia. Mary’s generous care for Elizabeth anticipates the spirit of service that should be the hallmark of the church, which is sent especially to the poor.