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Spirituality
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Amy Winehouse and the spirituality of a restless heart
The singer’s pain was rooted in a keen awareness of her heart’s yearning for love and meaning.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Urban planning can facilitate friendship — and the Catholic Church can help
We need a new image of what it means to be a good neighbor.
Posted inFaith, Features
5 years ago we started a podcast for young Catholics. What we learned about politics, prayer and the church surprised us.
To mark Jesuitical’s five-year anniversary, we are looking back on what we have learned from our guests—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—about navigating the modern world as people of faith.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Catholic dating is already hard. Then Covid-19 hit.
Dating as a young-adult Catholic in non-pandemic times was hard. Covid-19 isolation made it harder. It also gave me a new perspective.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What is your spiritual love language?
Knowing your spiritual love language can help you better understand how you show and experience love for the divine in your daily life.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The Catholic students who build a chapel out of ice—and celebrate Mass in the snow
When winter regularly throws you more than 200 inches of snow, make an ice chapel.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Book of Boba Fett’ and the limits of mercy
“The Book of Boba Fett” explored some classic “Star Wars” themes, including idealism and the importance of family, but ultimately veered away from getting too deeply into them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Thomas Merton, unfiltered
Patrick Collins gives a close read of Thomas Merton’s correspondence in “A Focus on Truth: Thomas Merton’s Uncensored Mind.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Five spiritual tips to help you avoid pandemic despair
The pandemic is a terrible reality, but it is not hopeless. James Martin, S.J., offers a few tips drawn from Christian spirituality that have helped him avoid despair.