Listen to Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey interview millennial Catholic Ellen Koneck on young people and the Church: AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast · How Young Adults’ Faith is Defying Classic Categories with Ellen Koneck via AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast: There are so many theories about why young adults are leaving the Catholic Church today. Maybe… Read More Young People and the Catholic Church
via CNS: Starting a family and having children has become a kind of herculean task when instead it should be valued and supported by everyone, Pope Francis said at a meeting in Rome on Italy’s severe decline in population growth. Today’s culture “is unfriendly, if not hostile, to the family, centered as it is on… Read More Pope Francis: Starting a Family Should Not Be a ‘Titanic Effort’
As Luke Russert traveled around the world after leaving his prominent media gig, I followed along closely on Instagram. His feed was full of beautiful pictures, but also interesting captions. He weaved together fascinating narratives and history, displaying the deep curiosity and excellent storytelling that made him such a talented journalist. In his new book… Read More Luke Russert’s Travels Around the World and His Search for Purpose
With the passing of Amitai Etzioni, we are looking back at his contributions to communitarian thought and organizing. Via the Communitarian Network: In 1990, a group of academicians and social thinkers came together to formulate the core ideas they shared, spelled out in the Responsive Communitarian Platform, and to spur the movement toward a recasting… Read More Highlights of the Responsive Communitarian Platform
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Your Email Does Not Constitute My Emergency by Adam Grant: “When we place too high a priority on the speed of our email replies, we destroy our ability to focus. Interruptions derail our train of thought and wreak havoc on our progress. When you know you… Read More Around the Web
via Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture: What is the “Way Forward” for the Catholic Church in the United States? Learn about this key initiative bringing together bishops and theologians and other lay leaders for honest conversations about how to follow the path set out by the Second Vatican Council and Pope Francis.
Harrison Smith writes: Amitai Etzioni, an American Israeli sociologist who served as a senior policy adviser to the Carter White House, taught at George Washington University and championed the virtues of bedrock institutions — family, school, local government — while promoting the philosophy known as communitarianism, died May 31 at his home in Washington. He… Read More Amitai Etzioni, Key Communitarian Thinker and Advocate (1929-2023)
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