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April 3, 2024
By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich
The work of Jesus is being fulfilled in our ministry
“Today, this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” The “today” that Jesus refers to in the Gospels does not refer to a particular 24-hour period or a particular yesterday in which the word “today” was spoken. Rather it is our “today,” this moment in which we hear that word spoken.
February 16, 2023
By Father Donald Senior, CP
Feb. 19: Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
On Oct. 2, 2006, a mentally ill man entered a one-room schoolhouse in the Amish village of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, and, after letting the teacher and the boy pupils leave, proceeded to shoot eight young girls, ages 6 to 13, killing five of them and severely wounding the rest. Afterward he took his own life.
April 3, 2024
By Deborah Major
Helping those who lost loved ones to suicide
When people contact Catholic Charities for assistance dealing with the loss of a loved one to suicide, we tell them that the Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide (LOSS) is here for them on their grief journey, offering community, direction and resources for healing, as it has been doing for the past 45 years.
April 17, 2024
By Michelle Martin
Something new
Our crocuses bloomed really early this year. In February, if you can believe it. Well, Feb. 29, so in most years it would have been March.
October 9, 2019
By Bishop Robert Barron
Talking with skeptics on Reddit
I just finished my second dive into the Reddit AMA world. One of the most popular websites in the world, Reddit is a forum for all sorts of online conversations and presentations.
February 6, 2019
By Father James Keenan, SJ
Doing virtue in Rome
I arrived here in Rome two weeks ago. I will be living and writing my columns for Chicago Catholic for the next seven months here.
April 25, 2018
By Don Wycliff
Writing the script of our lives
I recently attended a workshop on trauma and emotional resilience in children for people who work in the child-welfare system. The keynote speaker kept coming back to one theme: Each of us must write the script of his or her own life.
August 17, 2022
By Kerry Alys Robinson
Anonymous blessing
At a desert monastery, I had the opportunity to walk a labyrinth made of stones surrounded by exotic flora. I was completely alone, but far from lonely, enchanted by the mysterious beauty and contradiction of uninviting, captivating cacti amidst the craggy landscape. With each step closer to the center, I offered the prayer I have prayed daily.
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