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Who Do You Run With?

Dom Cingoranelli May 12, AD2024 3 Comments

Who do you run with? In terms of other, like-minded Catholic Christians, with whom do you share your faith? We were created for communion with

St. Rose of Lima and the Call of Community

Masha Goepel August 21, AD2022 1 Comment

My parish is dedicated to St. Rose of Lima. We joined in 2020, for a variety of reasons, and have quickly been absorbed into parish

Jesus, Good Shepherd, salvation, evangelizing

Hard Times: With Christ and Community

Masha Goepel July 21, AD2022 1 Comment

Have you heard the Ryan Bingham song: Hard times they come and they go, and most of the time they’re in the middle of the

The Feast of Saint John Paul II

Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer October 24, AD2021 1 Comment

We know that the Church honors saints because they give us an example of how to follow the will of God and seek perfection, even

The Holy Spirit is Dynamite

Deacon Steve Greco July 8, AD2021 4 Comments

The Book of Acts contains one of my favorite Scripture verses. Just before He ascends to heaven, Jesus promises the disciples He will not leave

Reclaiming Our Sense of Agency and Rediscovering Our Connections

B.J. Gonzalvo June 2, AD2021 1 Comment

Lessons and Stories of the Past Year Over a year has gone by since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. We have been through on

The Lay Dominicans: Anatomy of a Religious Order

Scott Davis December 8, AD2020 2 Comments

Beginning in the Middle Ages, clerics with similar apostolates began to form communities where they could live, pray, and work together. These communities were the

hymn, church music, chant, evangelization, Jazz

Music Continues to Bring Us Together

B.J. Gonzalvo November 12, AD2020 No Comments

Music as a superspreader is something musicians have known all along. It’s a superspreader of joy, hope, love, and togetherness. For choir singers and musicians,

Ruth: A Biblical Role Model For Women

Laurika Nxumalo September 17, AD2020 7 Comments

The teachings in the Book of Ruth do not feature much in Christian Theology or the Jewish Canon but the history of Ruth is illustrious.

prayer, discernment, holiness, praying, intercessory prayer, thanksgiving

Balancing Personal Holiness and Community in Christ

David Kilby September 11, AD2020 5 Comments

Personal development, or self-help, is a growing area of interest in our society. For proof just browse through your local bookstore for books on mental

From Isolation to Community Solitude

Father Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm. March 29, AD2020 2 Comments

As I write this article, the surreal nature of the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) situation is pervading my spirit. It is one thing to read about

frustration, anger, confusion, sadness, alone, depression

Our Role in Helping those with Same-Sex Attraction

Paul Kniaz August 23, AD2019 7 Comments

What did he want? What could I give him? Actually, we both knew what he wanted, what he needed. He needed some way to live

Friendship, Community, and Catholic Rural Life

Masha Goepel June 18, AD2019 4 Comments

I never realized just how hospitable Catholic, rural living was until I moved to the woods. All of a sudden I was living the dream.

nebula, creation, universe, wonder, unknown

Dante and Tolkien, Hell and Númenor

Patrick Malone April 23, AD2019 8 Comments

Readers of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings will notice that the story is haunted by memories of Middle Earth’s past and that its

No Man Is An Island
No Man Stands Alone

Birgit Jones July 13, AD2018 No Comments

Seventeenth-century poet, John Donne, first included the phrase, “No man is an island”, in one of his meditations and later composed a poem of the

A Changed Notion of Authenticity Does Not Bode Well for the Church

Steffani Jacobs May 6, AD2018 2 Comments

Something chilling and sinister is going on with the meaning of the word ‘authenticity.’ It’s becoming ever more apparent that ‘authenticity’ is being separated from

L’Arche Communities Bring the Differently-Abled Together

Laura DeMaria March 20, AD2018 1 Comment

In 1964 a young man named Jean Vanier visited an asylum for the disabled at the invitation of a priest friend, who was a chaplain

Drawing Lessons from the Boardroom

Sean Morrisroe March 13, AD2018 1 Comment

Churches around the United States are disappearing. Parishes consolidating, dwindling numbers of cradle Catholics that no longer attend Church, mixed signals from the leadership of the