Memento Mori: Facing Death as a Fount of Life
Haley Stewart explores the strange logic of memento mori
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Advent: A Time of Asceticism
Ulrich Lehner turns our attention to the ascetic dimension of Advent.
The November Night Before Advent
Leonard DeLorenzo contemplates this year's uninterrupted transition from November into Advent.
Taking the Role of All the Baptized in Church Leadership Seriously
John Cavadini invities you to consider co-responsibility for the Church.
Transubstantiation Isn't a Disconnected Doctrine
Brett Salkeld illustrates how to overcome misunderstandings about transubstantiation.
In the Storm: An Ordination Homily
Peter Leithart gives advice about walking on water.
The Difference Between Consuming Flesh in the Market and During the Liturgy
Matthew Tan on what happens when capitalism cuts the flesh off from transcendence.
How to Bless a Child
Anna Keating on how blessings realign our world with Heaven.
The Church Multiplies Tragedy
Romano Guardini, priest and theologian, on accepting the Church as she is with all her tragedies.
Jane Austen's Daily Mirrors of Marriage
Haley Stewart, writer, speaker, and podcaster looks into the mirror of Austen's novels for a realistic picture of Holy Matrimony.
The Empty Exalted Cross's Paradoxical Power
Andrea Peecher, ND MTS student, draws on ancient sources to explain the meaning of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
Discernment for the Postmodern Condition
William Watson, SJ, director of the Sacred Story Institute, on discernment in an age of cultural meltdown.
The Hazards of Online Faith-Writing
Amy Welborn, author of over two dozen books on Catholic spirituality, warns about the dangers of burnout in faith-writing.
An Eschatology of the Secular
Jordan Haddad, Associate Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Notre Dame Seminary, explains the eschatological nature of the laity.
Christ and Digital Media
Aaron Riches, Assistant Professor of theology at Benedictine College, liturgically deconstructs the acceleration of images in the digital age.
Long After the Prodigal Son's Return
Leonard DeLorenzo, faculty member at the McGrath Institute for Church Life, engages Abigail Favale's memoir to reimagine the period long after the Prodigal's return.
Jesus Reveals God in Hiddenness
Ben Wilson, Director of the Summer Service Learning Program at ND’s Center for Social Concerns, writes about participating in the hidden life of Jesus.
How to Echo the Faith Across Generations
Brian Pedraza, Assistant Professor of Theology at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, writes to his son about passing the faith.
Love Before Work
Colleen Halpin, Church Life Intern at the MICL, considers Maximilian Kolbe's witness of love against the message of Auschwitz's gates.
Faith Formation with Flannery O'Connor
Stephanie Reuter, ND MTS student of systematic theology, presents Flannery O'Connor as a catechist.
The Cry of the Earth in Pan-Amazonia
Lucas Briola, Assistant Theology Professor at Saint Vincent College, unearths striking CST developments in a pre-synod document on the Pan-Amazonian region.
The Spiritual Desert Isn't Optional
Joshua J. Whitfield, theologian and Pastoral Administrator, looks for a preaching that can resound in our desertified spiritual landscape.
The Message Is the Messenger
Anne-Sophie Constant, Jean Vanier's biographer, reflects on Vanier's witness to God choosing the weak of the world to shame the strong.
Pilate's Question in a Post-Truth Context
Melanie Barrett, Mundelein Seminary Department of Moral Theology Chairperson, on Decision-Making, Conscience Formation, & Pastoral Care in a post-truth age.
On the Particular Grace of Palm Branches
Drew Denton, Director of Faith Formation at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Atlanta, delves into Terrence Malick and the complex symbolism of Palm Sunday.
The Clear Message of Christus Vivit
Vincent J. Reilly, Director of Faith Formation at St. Catherine Catholic Church, looks with Pope Francis at Christ crucified and risen.
The Roots of American Catholic Polarization
Robert G. Christian III, co-founder and editor of Millennial Journal, digs up the political roots of American Catholic polarization.
Life, Language, and Christ Today
Olivier-Thomas Venard, OP, Deputy Director of École Biblique et Archéologique, on how Aquinas can help biblical interpretation in a postmodern context.
A Knight in St. Patrick’s Purgatory
Haley Stewart, writer, speaker, and podcaster stuffs penance and suffering back into St. Patrick's Day.
The Solemn Joy of Lent
Carolyn Pirtle, Program Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, starts a musical look at the growing anticipation amidst Lent penitence.