On Aug. 21, there will be a total solar eclipse and its path will fall across the entire continental United States.
Spirituality
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: A threat to the confessional seal anywhere is a threat to it everywhere
A violation of the confessional seal anywhere will become the rationale for mandating its violation everywhere.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
A writer who helps us understand the lives of others
Paley knew by instinct what science now confirms: the role reading plays in developing empathy for the other.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Evangelization 101 for circumspect Catholics
No one is asking you to stand on a street corner with a sign.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Charlottesville and Trump: A spiritual exercise for the overwhelmed and exhausted
How do you continue to “bear witness” when every three or four days there is another crisis?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Did the Erie Canal help put an end to slavery?
The story of Austin Steward, a former slave who fought against slavery in northwest New York
Posted inFaith, News
Conference offers a journey of hope to divorced Catholics
The Journey of Hope Conference for Divorced Recovery held Aug. 4-6 in the Diocese of Charleston created a setting for people to experience hope, healing and mercy.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Cling to Jesus, not horoscopes or fortunetellers
“Faith is not an escape from life’s problems but sustains it along the journey and gives it meaning,” Pope Francis said.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Remembering Michael Brown and Ferguson with Rev. Broderick Greer
Three years ago this week, on Aug. 9, 2014, police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, an African-American teen in Ferguson, Mo. Within 24 hours of the shooting the Ferguson uprising began. On this episode, we talk with the Rev. Broderick Greer, an Episcopalian priest in Memphis, Tenn., who boarded a bus and […]
Posted inFaith, Generation Faith
Hate public speaking? Here’s why you should lector anyway
Speaking in front of a hundred people did not come naturally to me.