Twenty Something | Christina Capecchi

Author Sarah Clarkson says that quiet is vital for creativity and imagination, for clarity and attention, for rest and for faith.

“Taking care of an old house feels like a calling and a responsibility,” Katherine DeGroot said, “like we would to anything given to us from God.”

Our Heavenly Father takes our discarded bits and pieces them together, making a masterpiece of our scraps. Catholics are called to do this for each other.

An 1868 Baptist church in Newport, Minnesota, has become the town’s library and community gathering space

St. Therese of Lisieux is getting the Disney treatment, thanks to Fabiola Garza, a character artist for Disney Creative Group in Orlando.

Jenna Wright, a mother of five who’s rediscovered her faith, has come a long way from being an NFL cheerleader to a First Communion catechist.

“Pentimento” is an art term used to describe traces of a previous work, an artist’s change of mind, but perhaps it can also describe a person’s tough exterior or recent departure from faith.

The Nordic tradition sweeping the country is called “vinterbadning” by the Danish, which means “winter bathing.” One view of the tradition is that it is a guidepost, calling to mind a statement from St. Ignatius: that which makes you feel most alive, that’s where God is.