Incarnation and Re-Incarnation
Samantha Burr on the importance of theological education in becoming a good theology teacher. You can't know method alone. You have to know the subject.
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Sacramental Sex?
Renee Roden reviews a talk by Donna Frietas at the University of Notre Dame on the hook-up culture at Catholic universities.
Pilgrimage and the Urgent Question of Faith
What happens when a pilgrimage becomes an urgent question? Leonard DeLorenzo thinks about this after his recent pilgrimage to Malta with Notre Dame.
Interview w/ Msgr. Timothy Verdon, Canon of Florence Cathedral
Msgr. Timothy Verdon, Canon of Florence Cathedral (i.e. "the Duomo), speaks on sacred architecture and the liturgy as Christianity's great work of art.Silence and Decision 2016
What does a Christian do in a election when faced with a difficult decision? Renee Roden on Rodrigues' decision in Silence as a way of forming consciences.
Promising Too Much
Abbot Austin Murphy of St. Procopius Abbey preaches on the sin of placing too much hope in the promises of politics. We have a different hope.Stories of Grace: Episode 5
"My dad’s suffering allowed him to recognize suffering—in its many clandestine and unwelcoming forms—in others, and his common humanity and humaneness brought the humanity of others to the surface. It was a grace, to be...
The Politics of the Saints
On this feast of All Saints Day, we remember that the saints present to us a politics of praise that are the ultimate vocation of the human being.
A Transcendent Fall Classic
Sporting events are sometimes referred to as a sort of secular liturgy. From fan apparel to tailgating to the traditions surrounding the competition itself, one is invited to become a full participant in an unfolding drama with its...
A Trumpian Examination of Conscience
Renee Roden uses some of Donald Trump's more salacious comments during the election season as an opportunity to examine her own conscience.
A Man Died Here, and He Is My Brother
In 1937, Abel Meeropol, a teacher in New York City, wrote a poem and a song that echoed through the country: Southern trees bear a strange fruit: Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze, St...
Stories of Grace: Episode 4
"As I thought more about that prison pudding cup, I began to realize something important. Me, sobbing in front of that vending machine? That isn’t the whole story." EDITORIAL…
The Word Made Beautiful: The Saint John's Bible
A few years ago the McGrath Institute for Church Life welcomed Donald Jackson, the visionary calligrapher commissioned by St. John’s University in Collegeville to create a hand-written illuminated Bible using techniques that date b...
10 Books for Adult Faith Formation: Part 4
Continuing our five-part follow-up to the essay "Forming Adults in Faith Through Fiction," here are the next ten recommended books for use in adult faith formation. 31) C. S. Lewis, The…