Relationships
Bonnie Engstrom

Building Community with Ministry

Maybe you love your parish and it’s almost perfect, but it’s missing just one little thing – a niche for you.  The priest is great, his

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The Failure Rate

I have been told more times than I can count that if I were truly against abortion I would have to be pro-contraception. “Contraception prevents unwanted pregnancies,” the argument goes, “so putting women on reliable birth control would cut down on unwanted pregnancies and there would be fewer abortions.”

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Columnists
Ryan Eggenberger

The Honest Truth: Should You Date Non-Catholics?

For the average practicing Catholic, dating can be really fun. After all, you’re young, ready to discern marriage, and maybe even ready to start a family of your own. But when it comes to the questions…

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Family
Ryan Kraeger

What My Father Did

Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His

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Life
Amanda Sloan

The Necessity of Men

There seems to be a growing idea in our world today that we don’t actually need men for much more than their “contribution” to the

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Single Life
J.R. Baldwin

Christ, My Wingman

The morning after my future sister’s wedding, my fiance and I attended the family brunch and were asked the question: short or long engagement? B.

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Relationships
Julie Machado

How to Love a Mass Murderer

There were a few words, often repeated in the news coverage of the recent Colorado shooting by James Holmes, which stood out to me like red signal lights: “loner who said little and was easily forgotten”, “kept to himself” and “didn’t seem to have many friends.”

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Family
Margaret Eaton

The Other Woman

Every morning, my six month old baby boy looks up out of his crib with wide blue eyes and smiles around his pacifier as I

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Career
Ryan Kraeger

Little Brother

This is a post I wrote for my youngest brother who leaves for basic training next week. I would appreciate it if everyone could say

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Columnists
Mary C. Tillotson

Mission: Perspective

It’s interesting how different reality looks when it’s on paper, in neat paragraphs, all in the right order. There, I am a powerhouse. I am

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Relationships
Nic Davidson

Pope Paul VI’s Playlist

In an attempt to stay plugged in to American culture while I live overseas for 16 months, I have regularly acquainted myself with the Billboard

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Dating
Ryan Kraeger

Oh Good Heavens!

I had no idea when I wrote my last post that it would generate so much controversy. I certainly had no idea it would offend so many

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Family
Brent Stubbs

Catholic Mangate

This post is a response to When NCB Meets NCG. I thought it would be appropriate for an actual Good Catholic Man (father of five, husband

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Single Life
Elizabeth Hillgrove

Vocation Confirmation

Last year, Sr. Lisa challenged me to examine my vocation and I did… kind of. Tony called me on my bull you-know-what, correctly so. I spent the next while asking a lot of questions I never wanted to fully explore.

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Family
Brent Stubbs

A Man Who Wipes…

…Butts. OR: A Man Who Wipes Bottoms (for those that find “butt” offensive) What I am talking about is the awkward “line in the sand”

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Single Life
Ryan Kraeger

When NCB meets NCG

In the last few months since I subscribed to Auntie Seraphic,* I have repeatedly seen the acronyms “NCB” and “NCG” plastered all over the single

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Single Life
Rachel Zamarron

Living Our Vocations

Life has a way of coming up and tossing you the unexpected, and I encountered a new twist in life just recently when I got

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Single Life
Julie Machado

The Loneliness of Singlehood

“You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have eyes to see” Mother Teresa profoundly remarks in this video (at about 2:20). She explains

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