Commentary

February 6, 2019

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

Reasons for hope

“Always be ready to give a reason for your hope.” These words from the First Letter of Peter (3:15) come to mind in these days when people find many reasons to be discouraged.

February 6, 2019

By Father Donald Senior, CP

Feb. 17: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The phrase “the preferential option for the poor” frequently appears in Catholic writings about social justice. “Option” here does not mean, as it might in everyday language, a possible choice among several options.

February 6, 2019

By Monsignor Michael Boland

Help for the homeless

In the cold winter months, our thoughts often turn to the homeless. A local school group recently asked me what they could collect to help the homeless. My response was warm wool socks, waterproof gloves, hats, scarves and coats and boots designed to withstand extremely cold temperatures.

February 6, 2019

By Michelle Martin

Valentine’s Day

No one celebrates Valentine’s Day much as a religious holiday anymore. Most of the time, no one calls it St. Valentine’s Day at all.

February 6, 2019

By Father Robert Barron

His words transform at the most fundamental level

Recently, I gave an address at the annual Atlanta Eucharistic Congress, which is one of the most impressive gatherings in the American Catholic Church.

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.

November 7, 2018

By Kerry Alys Robinson

Love doesn’t end with death

My closest friend and colleague for more than 20 years, Father Bob Beloin, the Catholic chaplain at Yale University, died recently of glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

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