FIND COMMUNITY 1. Stay Connected to your Past: Maintain close relationships with those who have encouraged and supported you up to this point in your faith life (family, HS/college friends, teachers, campus ministers, etc.) 2. Go to Mass every Sunday: Find people to go to Mass with—do not regularly sit alone; form a small community… Read More Top 10 Ways to Stay Catholic after College
I’m reading this book right now titled The Art of Growing Older. It’s compelling—so compelling, in fact, that I walk down the street reading poems about aging on my way to work. Admittedly, I use my hands to hide the title as I do so. As a 22-year-old, I figure most people who see me… Read More Reclaiming Faith
Sometimes events happen that are so beyond our scope of understanding that we become frozen. At work, all we can do is stream a live-feed of the events unfolding, ignoring work that should be done. We text and call friends living in the area of the incidents just to feel connected, to feel as though… Read More When it’s Hardest to Pray, we Must
We are all aware of the challenges that being a Catholic can bring. The Church is often presented in a negative light by the media due to huge scandals like the sex abuse crisis and controversy over statements like Benedict’s comments regarding homosexuality last Christmas. But in the past week, the tone of that attention… Read More Faith, Reason, and the Secular Perspective
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and election of Pope Francis have drawn extensive popular attention and commentary, with all eyes turned toward the Vatican. Nevertheless, amidst the frantic and chaotic days of a papal transition, some important details can slip through the cracks. In November of 2012, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI… Read More Completa de Fide: The Encyclical on Faith and the Foundation of the 21st Century Church
I was only 11 when Pope John Paul II made his third (and last) apostolic trip to Kenya. On that occasion, in September 1995, the Holy Father was in the capital city of Nairobi for the launch of the Synod of Bishops document, which had taken place the year before. My family lives about 150… Read More An African Perspective on the next Pope
I remember when my family got our first computer. It came in a big Gateway box with the black and white spotted cows, and I remember wondering how cows had anything to do with computers. My eyes widened at the possibilities when my dad took out the big monitor. We Millennials were the first generation… Read More Waging War on Porn: Trial and Triumph at our Finger Tips
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