Commentary

March 17, 2021

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

Our college seminarians

Last week I traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota, to visit our college seminarians at St. John Vianney Seminary, located at the University of St. Thomas. Given the low enrollment at our St. Joseph College Seminary on the campus of Loyola, we decided to move our seminarians to St. Paul. Not only was this move more cost effective, but the seminary in St. Paul, which hosts about 100 seminarians, provided us with an opportunity to place our seminarians in a much larger community that would benefit their formation.

April 7, 2021

By Father Donald Senior, CP

April 18: Third Sunday of Easter

One of the most striking effects of the pandemic is on our human need to break bread with family and friends. Family dinners, admittedly, can have their own tensions at times, but how often have we heard people lamenting the fact that they can’t bring their family together for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner?

March 3, 2021

By Marie Jochum

Community and participation

During my many years overseeing Catholic Charities volunteer relations, I have had the privilege of witnessing biblical and church teachings come to life. As staff, volunteers, and those seeking help interact with one another, I see first-hand the everyday miracles that happen when mercy is shown, love is felt, relationships are formed and community is created and strengthened.

April 7, 2021

By Michelle Martin

Alleluia, he is risen

Alleluia, he is risen indeed. That’s the traditional greeting for the Easter season, one that expresses the joy of the resurrection and what it means for our salvation.

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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