Commentary

June 5, 2025

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

The Catholic imagination is alive and well

Father Andrew Greeley was born in Oak Park and died the year before I came to Chicago. A world-famous priest of this archdiocese, the sociologist and novelist was fascinated by what he called “the Catholic imagination.” By this he meant that Catholics, believing that God is present in the whole of creation, live in an enchanted world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive candles, rites, hierarchy, religious medals, rosary beads and holy cards.

May 29, 2024

By Father Donald Senior, CP

June 9: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Loretta Micele, who passed away in 2014, spent 70 of her 95 years working joyfully at a concession stand at the White Sox stadiums. In appreciation, the White Sox named a concession lounge in her honor: Loretta’s Lounge.

June 4, 2025

By Keara Ette

Seeing, responding to the face of Christ

On an unusually warm Tuesday night in February, a downtown dinner guest of Catholic Charities’ Franciscan Sister Joyce Dura Supper Program waved me down. She wanted to know if she could send back her food because she suspected it wasn’t properly cooked.

June 5, 2025

By Michelle Martin

Get your hands dirty

I complain about being busy as much as the next person. It seems like we all do, like having too much to do is a badge of honor. Like not getting enough rest somehow makes us better people, instead of making us cranky, more susceptible to illness and resistant to learning new things.

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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