Over the summer my dear friend and roommate put together a gorgeous video about why many Catholic women are returning to the old custom of
It was my last class of my senior year of college, and I listened intently as my professor wrapped up his final lecture. I sat
Have you ever heard the story of the man who prayed that God would save him in a flood? He stood on top of his
Well, you’ve made it this far, so you might as well keep going. If you’ve got some catching up to do, check out part one
We all probably wish we could take back some things we have said and done online, not only for our own sake but for the
On Holy Saturday night, I met a woman whose son has a disorder on the autism spectrum known as Sensory Processing Disorder. As she explained
Easter is coming; fast! I mean the action, not the adjective. It’s a command. Once Easter comes, it seems, we forget about this wonderful act
If I look deep, I find my inner self hooked up to a drip IV of success. I heard once at a summer retreat that
A reflection written in the midst of my first semester of college… Flirting starts based off of an initial attraction: a girl notices a guy,
In the last few years, a preferred topic of journalistic inquiry amongst concerned Baby Boomers and Gen Xers is the unique situation caused by the
It was a debate, a debate that dominated my prayer the night before, my getting ready the day of, and the drive there on that
Flecte quod est rigidum. I write inspirational quotes on the dry-erase board in the servers’ sacristy at my parish in illuminated calligraphy whenever I have
“We need to be clear in presenting the Church’s teaching, but patient with the struggle to live it.” This quote comes from Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
My training is in Classics. That kind of nearly obsessive focus on grammar bears some peculiar fruit in my day to day life. For one,
Before I left for college, I wrote about how my tendency to control and plan every aspect of my life often hurt more than it
Wait…you want me to be involved? This week was our parish’s Ministry Fair. They have been publicizing this fair for weeks. When we headed over
I have been nerding out since I discovered that archive.org has digitized the 1912 edition of the Decreta Authentica Sacræ Congregationis Rituum, which contains all 4,284
“I’m never going to be one of those people that baptizes my babies! Or believes that weird stuff about sacraments and communion!” Yes, I really
The dreaded phrase, “I think it would be better if we were just friends“, has been feared by teenagers for decades. The fear that, after
Psychology, neurology, and mental health/illness are often some of the most misunderstood disciplines in Catholic circles. Many faithful Catholics are correctly and understandably wary of
