I purchased a copy of Soul Garden, A Catholic Mother’s Collective, when it was first published by Ignatius Press in November. Soon after, I couldn’t resist giving my copy away to a new mom. When […]
Shadi Khalloul vividly remembers the moment his “American dream” died. It was the moment a teacher at the University of Nevada Las Vegas described Aramaic as a dead language. The class was studying the Bible […]
6:29 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 7. Across Israel, families were sleeping in. This Shabbat marked the final day of the high holy days. Thirty days of prayer, fasting and traditions had culminated in Friday’s joyous night […]
When I sent my son off to Hillsdale College in 2015, I had no idea he was going to come home an expert on Calvinism. I felt certain that his strong Catholic faith would be […]
As I sat down to write this, August was almost over. “Big kids” had drifted off to college already, and the “littles”—no longer so little—were sleeping the sleep of the just; enjoying another couple of […]
As a newlywed, Julia Ibarra was more than a little nervous about using Natural Family Planning. She had grown up non-Catholic, with the assumption that the Pill would be part of her married life. Stepping […]
As a child, I accompanied my mother each day to morning Mass. And daily, after Holy Communion, I observed the same phenomenon: my mother, head in hands, absorbed in prayer. Tucked discreetly in one hand, […]
As November draws to a close, the readings at Mass draw our minds to the end of time—the end of all time, and for each of us, the end of our own time. Eschatological themes […]
March 3, 2022: it is the second day of the spring 40 Days for Life campaign in Ventura, California. The calendar is mostly empty, not surprising as the campaign gathers momentum. But Thursdays are already […]
A few years ago some old memories came back to me unexpectedly. In the first, I am a child, kneeling beside my mother. A priest in fiddleback vestments is saying Mass at a white marble […]
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