In the four months since its inception, Millennial has become a great source for what motivates, concerns, and inspires young Catholics in the United States today. As we wrap up 2012, perhaps it is a good time to look back and see what mattered to us this year, and what mattered to those of you… Read More Looking Back – Millennial in 2012
Though the end of the world did not come as the Mayans predicted (or most likely did not predict), indigenous peoples throughout the world continue to experience threats to their existence. Since Vatican II, the Catholic Church in Latin America has made a radical departure from much of its previous history and is now often… Read More By Saying Your Name, Mary
In his Christmas Day message, Pope Benedict XVI has called for peace and justice in the troubled areas of the world. Pope Benedict highlighted Syria, “a conflict which does not spare even the defenseless and reaps innocent victims.” This comes in the wake of the bombing of a bakery and bread line by Bashar al-Assad’s… Read More Pope Benedict’s Call for Peace and Justice
When I was in high school, our health education curriculum included a section on refusal skills. We were taught five steps through which we could refuse peer pressure. They were: 1) ask questions 2) name the trouble 3) state the consequences 4) suggest an alternative 5) move it, sell, and leave the door open. To… Read More Failing Refusal Skills
Four thoughts that swam around my head this weekend, and links worth reading for each: 1. Murder is never part of God’s plan. Sometimes, after horrifying days, it’s tempting for us as people of faith to search for some meaning in disaster. There is no meaning. The murders in Connecticut were not part of God’s… Read More It Doesn’t Make Sense
Now more than ever, it seems appropriate to pray that the dream of Isaiah be brought forth more fully in the hearts of all people during this Advent season. Lions and oxen will sleep in the hay, leopards will join with the lambs as they play, wolves will be pastured with cows in the glade,… Read More In the Wake of Unimaginable Violence
In some sense, there is something refreshing about Ken Cuccinelli. This might seem strange since Cuccinelli is most often known (so far as he is known) for his ideological extremism and his partisan vitriol and hatred. However, unlike some Republican leaders who suddenly found out within the last few years that Catholic social teaching exists… Read More Ken Cuccinelli’s Outrageous Attack on the Catholic Church
