“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.
Christina Capecchi: The painting beneath the painting: faith that endures
Can small Christian communities help heal a ‘Eucharistic famine’? This Maryknoll priest thinks so
Maryknoll Father Joseph Healey is sought out as an expert in what it means to answer Jesus’ call as a disciple and to be sent forth as an apostle.
The commoditization of the funeral industry is hurting the Catholic Church
The role of the wake is in the context of Christian burial is very important, yet, as the funeral industry has become more commercialized and personalized — and less sacral and ritualized — wakes are beginning to disappear.
This Lent, say sorry — and mean it
Lent is a time of reparation — a season of sorrow for sins committed and expressions of a sincere desire to reform our lives. But what does it mean to be sorry?
Fasting and abstinence: More than laws of the church
Fasting and abstinence are church-imposed penitential practices of self-denial that dispose us to free ourselves from worldly distractions, to express our longing for Jesus, and to somehow imitate his suffering.
Valentine’s Day, life as a couple and Ash Wednesday
This year, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day. Many will think that we will not be able to celebrate with our partners, but there are interesting parallels between true love as a couple and Lent.
Let God choose your Lent
As Catholics consider the Lenten question of sacrifice, it can sometimes feel a lot like a competition, a 40-day spiritual marathon with winners and losers.
Why it’s worth thinking about friendship this Catholic Schools Week
It is fitting that as Catholic Schools Week begins and we mark the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the patron saint of Catholic education, that we consider the importance and significance of friendship.