Students at a Catholic high school in Philadelphia are now “no longer members of the school community” after posting a video in which one of them is in blackface.
Youth
Posted inFaith in Focus, Politics & Society
Fellow boomers: Have a little faith in Gen Z
Parents always think the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and their kids are the hapless passengers in the front. And parents are usually wrong, but not for the reasons they would think.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why wait until pre-Cana? The church needs to teach relationship skills much earlier
We should not expect pre-Cana to solve the marriage crisis. There are relationship habits that should be taught to our youth long before they contemplate a wedding.
Posted inFaith, News
The artwork of the synod: Philadelphia art series depicts the dream of church of many Catholics
This imaginary scene depicts the dreams of many Catholics: a church that welcomes LGBTQ people, allows women to be ordained and gives young Catholics a platform for their ideas.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Father, the Son and the Hay Maze
I got lost in a maze of darkness and could not get out. Christ is like the great hero, rushing into the cold and dark to save us.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Prayer and processing: How to talk to our students about mass shootings
What can the 21st-century educator offer his or her students in the wake of all the violence, anger and hate they see in the media?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I’m a Catholic teenager who wanted to know what my friends thought about the church. Here’s what they said.
Church leaders need to reckon with the fact that many people my age don’t feel that they need the institutional church to help them live happy, spiritually fulfilling lives.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
How Father Mike Schmitz balances a popular media ministry with being a college campus priest
Podcast episodes and YouTube videos featuring Father Michael Schmitz rack up thousands, even millions, of views. But for students at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Father Mike isn’t a celebrity priest. He’s their chaplain.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Hocus Pocus 2’ succeeds because it doesn’t pit women against each other
What is most endearing about “Hocus Pocus 2” is the way that it brings to the fore an aspect of the original film that you don’t often see portrayed today: sisterhood.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Goodbye ‘Dear Evan Hansen.’ You helped us understand the anxieties of young people today.
On Sunday, Sept. 18, “Dear Evan Hansen” finished its Broadway run. During its six-year run, it was a touchstone in the ongoing conversation about the mental health of young people today.