Commentary

September 15, 2021

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

The meaning of the Eucharist

You may recall that a couple of years ago we received a new translation of the Mass. A major change that needed some explanation was the text prayed at the time of the consecration of the chalice.

September 15, 2021

By Father Donald Senior, CP

Oct. 3: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

On this Sunday, when a priest or deacon gets up to preach in almost any parish in our country (and elsewhere too), the congregation will include two groups of people: couples working hard to keep their marriage alive and intact, and others who are divorced and perhaps remarried. How does the preacher proclaim the Gospel message to both with fidelity and compassion?

September 1, 2021

By Sally Blount

Three lessons from the pandemic

The pandemic has compelled us, as individuals and as organizations, to reevaluate and prioritize what is most important — what is at the core of who we are. Catholic Charities is no different.

September 15, 2021

By Michelle Martin

Unprecedented times

It wasn’t long into the COVID-19 pandemic that the tone of television commercials changed. Companies wanted viewers to know that they applauded health care heroes, that they were doing everything they could for our safety, that they were there for us “during these unprecedented times.”

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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