I live with chronic pain, and often it seems like no one really understands what this means. Having chronic pain, especially as a young person, can often feel lonely and isolating.
Spirituality
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
‘I am very grateful I taught girls’: teaching theology at a Jesuit school for young women
A graduate of Regis Jesuit High School in Denver interviews her former theology teacher on her experiences in and out of the classroom.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I won the cooking competition ‘Chopped.’ But as a Catholic sister, my ministry focuses on a deeper hunger.
My vocation is about a far deeper encounter than a TV show about food can offer, and years later I discovered one of the most profound manifestations of this among children before the Bread of Life himself.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The afterlife is having a moment. ‘Beyond’ will help Christians and nonbelievers alike discuss what lies beyond the grave.
With her new book ‘Beyond,’ Catherine Wolff mixes well-written impressionistic summaries of various religious perspectives with personal anecdotes to answer the age-old question of what lies beyond the grave.
Posted inFaith, Features
Richard Rohr’s Living School is no utopia. But it taught me to love our imperfect world.
The school offers an accessible but thorough examination of the Christian contemplative tradition by combining online study with in-person symposiums.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Meghan Markle and Melissa McCarthy, let Catholics help you with your mentoring initiative
Forty minutes of mentoring is only a start, but Meghan Markle and Melissa McCarthy’s initiative for women is a well-timed opportunity to show compassion.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Bishop Frank Caggiano wants to bring catechesis into the modern digital age
A new institute headed by Bishop Caggiano aims to help the church to reach a more diverse audience and reconnect with the disaffiliated.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Is your smartphone making you sin more? Consider a technological examination of conscience.
Summer is a good season to take stock of how our dependence on technology can change us. Here are seven steps for seeing your smartphone more clearly.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
It’s O.K. to be mad at people who refuse to get vaccinated. (But you should pray for them, too.)
Even as I still would like to make everyone get vaccinated right this second, I also find myself praying for those still hesitant.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How Ignatian spirituality enhanced my cognitive behavioral therapy
Talking to God about my struggles came to be a crucial part of my mental health resilience and recovery.