I loved Fr. Jim Martin’s “Top 5 for 2013 — Easy Things for a Happier Year.” His recommendations would definitely be good for me, and I plan to try them. In addition to comforting us, nurturing us, and providing happiness, our faith also challenges. So, to go with Fr. Jim’s Top Five, here are five ways… Read More Top Five Life & Justice Resolutions for 2013
Catholics are taking the pledge. The St. Francis Pledge, circulated around Catholic colleges and parishes by the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change, has working professionals, families, and college students all pledging to confront climate change. Catholic support for such action is considerable. Figures from 2009 show that 55% of Catholics view climate change as a serious… Read More Catholics Taking the Pledge on Climate Change
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
Throughout the election season and as the nation prepares for a new Congress to be sworn into office this January, the discussion of a “war on women” has received considerable attention. But for all the challenges women face in today’s society, the broad notion of a “war on women” has been narrowly focused on matters… Read More Redefining the War on Women
