The Importance of Geographic Stability for the Church
Gwendolen Adams, PhD (Catholic Studies, Maryvale Institute) draws on Alsadair MacIntyre and sociological data to argue for stability's evangelizing value.
April 2018
Medieval Rites and Contemporary Dying
Elaine Stratton Hild, musicologist and NDIAS Fellow, looks at how medieval rites for the dying, especially music, can be applied to contemporary contexts.
Aiming at the Death of Disabled Children
Charles Camosy, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham, discusses the bioethics of healthcare providers aiming at the death of young patients.
Can Catholicism's Truth Be Known Beyond Its Walls?
John Sikorski looks for radically-Catholic liturgical options in the writings of Virgil Michel, OSB.
Whom Will Technology Serve?
Dylan Belton, ND PhD candidate in systematic theology, argues the current era is a new “nomadic age" and asks what it ethically demands of us.
I Will Not Leave You Orphans
James Keating, Creighton Institute for Priestly Formation director of spiritual formation, on God searching for, and remaining with, us amidst the din of pop culture.
Where Does the Ministry End and the Apostolate Begin?
Peter Andrastek, Senior Consultant for The Evangelical Catholic, clarifies how and why the ministry and the apostolate should work together instead of competing.
Abp. Fulton Sheen’s Eucharistic Spirituality
Mark Zia goes to the Eucharistic source of Fulton Sheen's ministry.
The Sacraments of Love and Death
Kathryn Thompson (ND '17), first year medical student at the University of Chicago, examines married life and the end of life in her series on the sacraments.
Dante and the Liturgical Formation of Desire
Randall Rosenberg, professor of theology at Saint Louis University, unveils the deep liturgical roots of Dante's poetic re-integration of desire and love.
Why the Eucharist?
Kathryn Thompson (ND '17), first year medical student at the University of Chicago, explains why and how the Eucharist loves us into being.
Skin in the Game
Leonard DeLorenzo, faculty at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, analyzes the demanding formational theology of the film Paul, Apostle of Christ.
Catholic Education and the Market's Technocratic Paradigm
Timothy O'Malley, Director of the ND Center for Liturgy, doubts whether, unlike Europe, America is safe from the technocratic paradigm and market forces.
Why Baptism and Confession?
Kathryn Thompson (Notre Dame 2017), medical student at the University of Chicago, on what God does with us in the sacraments of baptism and confession.
Amor Ergo Sum: Sacramental Personhood
Christina Condyles, editor with Liturgy Training Publications, on the need for our daily life to reflect our participation in the Body of Christ.
The Liturgical Critique of Technological Culture
Alec Arnold, PhD candidate at Saint Louis University in Theology & Health Care Ethics, takes a look at technology through a critical liturgical lens.
The Annunciation and Vocational Fear
Samuel Bellafiore, seminarian for the Diocese of Albany, NY, looks to the Virgin Mary to show us how to approach priestly celibacy in sex-saturated times.
Why the Sacraments?
Kathryn Thompson (ND '17), first year medical student at the University of Chicago, on Christ drawing near through the sacraments.
Why Must We Go to Church on Sunday?
Christina Condyles, editor with Liturgy Training Publications, on why does it matter if we go to church on Sunday, rather than praying on our own?
Resetting the Synod
Leonard DeLorenzo, McGrath Institute for Church Life lecturer, counsels avoiding antagonisms in debates about Synod 2018 by modelling mercy.
Being Liturgical
Timothy P. O'Malley, Director of the University of Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, on the kind of formation that is essential to the post-modern age.
