Commentary

July 21, 2021

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

Letter from Cardinal Cupich on violence in Chicago

In Chicago, in the metro area, and even more widely across our nation, we face a profoundly painful moment in our life together. So many families are grieving the loss of loved ones to violence, and those loved ones include babies and small children.

July 21, 2021

By Father Donald Senior, CP

Aug. 1: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our Sunday readings continue to center on the “Bread of Life” discourse from Chapter 6 of John’s Gospel. As we saw last week, Jesus’ feeding of the multitude evokes the memory of God’s feeding the people with manna during the Exodus.

July 7, 2021

By Cary Rositas-Sheftel

¡Vámonos!

¡Vámonos! When COVID-19 began taking its toll, my colleagues and I started using this Spanish expression, which means “let’s go,” as a rallying call to get out into the neighborhoods to help those who needed it most. We used it with the connotation of “let’s get this done” and “we can do this” because there indeed was a lot to be done.

July 21, 2021

By Michelle Martin

The work of our hands

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, my husband first cleaned out the basement and then started turning one corner of it into a small woodshop.

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.

September 2, 2020

By Kerry Alys Robinson

Masks and mercy

On what was a particularly difficult day, laden with disappointment and marked by exhaustion from the cumulative weight of bearing sorrow on behalf of friends, relatives and colleagues experiencing myriad grief, illness, job loss, restlessness and anxiety, the mail arrived. Thank you, U.S. Postal Service!

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