By Elizabeth Self, a writer at Clarifying Catholicism. As a conscientious Catholic, I’ve often been afraid that I may be called a hypocrite. There’s a
Guest post by Rachel Fiore. Several months ago, I sat in the pews for 8 AM daily Mass. It was becoming routine for me to
24 Hours for the Lord (click here for the official PCPNE webpage) is a worldwide penitential celebration which, unfortunately, because of the Coronavirus COVID-19 situation,
Guest post by Fr. John Corrigan, Victoria, Australia. Bishops all over the world have introduced temporary protocols to address the risk of contagion. Some will
Spirituality comes naturally to most children. From a young age, they feel an instinctive connection to other living creatures. They have no trouble believing in
Someone taught our little Catholic college a traditional Austrian dance: the Sternpolka. The women would parade in a ring around the men with hands on
Ascension’s Chosen Program Has Formed Over Half a Million Teens and Looks Towards Bright Future Ahead of 5th Anniversary of the Program West Chester, PA,
The sexual abuse crises in Catholic dioceses from the USA to Ireland have created great distress and fomented considerable media attention. It is a sickening
“They must be going to the beatification!” I yelped happily, as I pointed towards a well-dressed group of people walking down the sidewalk. It was
Ash Wednesday is a fairly busy day in many places. People cram into churches and receive ashes in the form of a cross (or a
It has been a crazy past few months here. I have been facing the usual high school senior dilemmas regarding the “afterlife”, so to speak,
Promise and Challenge: Catholic Women Reflect on Feminism, Complementarity, and The Church. Kinda says it all, doesn’t it? In this book a group of distinguished,
The human person knows by nature that there is a certain code by which he must live. Man also knows beyond a shadow of a doubt
In an apologetics course I am taking this semester, we recently discussed the argument often propagated by atheists that God must not exist due to
I will be the first to admit that I love knowing (often useless) bits of information. Trivia games excite me, as I like to impress
I was recently invited to read and review A Single Bead. Written by Stephanie Engelman (who blogs over at A Few Beads Short) this beautiful
When I imagine liturgists, this is what comes to mind: Inculturation, the adaptation of liturgical texts, languages, rites, and, most especially, of music, to respect
Multiple times I have written about the struggles of being a goal-oriented person, about the difficulty in surrendering when my first instinct is to try
My husband works at our Archdiocesan seminary, and we try to meet him for Mass there at least once a week. The other day, I
My mother is from the Azores Islands, which are part of the country of Portugal. They are a group of nine islands between Portugal and
Enviably, I recently canvassed a room full of young people, my students, about church attendance. The occasion was an all-school Mass earlier that day. A non-Catholic student broached
