Articles
Nourishing the Imagination: Science & Religion
As anyone reading this article is likely to know already, the McGrath Institute for Church Life is dedicated to nourishing the Catholic imagination and renewing the Church. The past three years of my work in the MICL have made the claim ...
Trinity Sunday: A Feast Celebrating Liturgy
This weekend in the United States, we celebrate Trinity Sunday. For the most part, our parishes will be inundated with a series of beige homilies, which celebrate not so much the mystery of the Triune God but the mathematical puzzl...
The All of It: Nourishing the Catholic Imagination through Echo’s Integrative Formation
“It is the starved imagination, not the well-nourished, that is afraid.” –E.M. Forster If we are to think of the Church as a field hospital, as Pope Francis has suggested, with “the mission to heal the wounds of ...Editorial Musings: Nourishing the Imagination, Renewing the Church
As I write this week's editorial musings, the McGrath Institute for Church Life is engaged in final preparations for our annual summer programming. We will welcome to the University of Notre Dame liturgical and sacramental catechist...
"Come, Holy Spirit": The Vulnerable Bravery of Fr. Hesburgh's Favorite Prayer
The late Fr. Ted Hesburgh, C.S.C., beloved former president of the University of Notre Dame, stated again and again in homilies and interviews that his favorite prayer was “Come, Holy Spirit.” He said: The Holy Spirit is the ...
Our Lady, Doer of Knots
At the beginning of our marriage, my husband and I spent six months living in Argentina as volunteers at a hospice house. The hospice was run by a religious community with whom we were connected, and welcomed terminally ill men and women...
"You can eat with us": On Poverty and Community
Twenty years ago, I asked Paul, the tall, burly, blunt, and opinionated leader of the Catholic soup kitchen, if I could take my youth group to serve dinner. “Nope!” he barked. Startled, I squeaked out, “Um, why?” ..."Parks and Recreation": Icon of Community
Over the past several months, I’ve been rewatching NBC’s comedy series Parks and Recreation, which is, in my opinion, one of the most quietly wonderful shows ever to be on television. Having seen every episode at least once n...
Embracing Parish Life: Step 1—Choosing a Parish
Featured Photo: St. Boniface Catholic Church (Evansville, IN) by straightedge217; CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0.