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April 2015

April 08, 2015

The 2015 Christopher Award Winners in Film, TV, and Books Are…

NEW YORK, April 8, 2015 — An Olympic gold medalist, the actor best known as...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

“In People with Intellectual Disabilities, I Found a School of the Heart”

Throughout history, people with intellectual disabilities like Down Syndrome have often been shunned by society...

December 2014

December 12, 2014

Finding Joy Working with Disabled Children

A few months ago, I posted an interview I did with Patrick Donohue, whose daughter...

December 08, 2014

Persevering Through Pain and Struggle

The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Persevering Through Pain and Struggle”...

December 02, 2014

Heroes Will Help You Find Good In Yourself

(Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Heroes of 2014....

October 2014

October 15, 2014

A Cancer Survivor Brings Attention to God’s Divine Interventions

It was 2002 when 27-year-old Daniel Fazzina was diagnosed with a "lymphatic cancerous tumor" in...

October 14, 2014

Texas Nurse with Ebola Described as “Grounded by Her Catholic Faith”

Biographical details about Nina Pham, the Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for patient...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

VIDEO: Father Jonathan Morris on Dealing with Sadness & Depression

At various points in our lives, we all endure periods of deep sadness and depression....

September 12, 2014

God Sees us Being Changed By Suffering – and Accompanies Us

Over at "America" magazine, Kerry Weber shares a powerful, deeply personal reflection about her niece...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

After Grim Prenatal Diagnosis, Couple Takes Unborn Child on Bucket List of Adventures

Today's Daily News features the story of Jenna Gassew and Dan Haley, a Pennsylvania couple...

August 05, 2014

Taylor Swift’s New Duet Partner is Six-Year-Old with Leukemia

In what qualifies as the celebrity good deed of the week, Grammy Award-winning singer Taylor...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Son Thanks Mother for Gift of Life By Donating His Kidney to Save Her Life

I just came across this preview clip of tonight's episode of "NY Med" on ABC...

July 23, 2014

A Little Girl’s Brain Injury Set Her Dad on a Quest for Treatment and Healing

When Sarah Jane Donohue came into the world on June 5, 2005, she was a...

July 09, 2014

“NY Med’s” Specialty is Helping Viewers Appreciate and Embrace Life

During the Christopher Award-winning first season of the documentary TV series "NY Med," a member...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Superstars Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman Duet on “Amazing Grace” at Children’s Hospital

Keith Urban has always come across as a genuinely nice guy during his two judging...

June 13, 2014

‘Every Day is a Good Day to Remember Sam and What He Stood For’

One of this year's Christopher Awards went to the documentary "Life According to Sam." It...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

Blind Army Captain and Christopher Award Winner Offers Encouragement to Boy Losing His Vision

In 2011, we recognized Captain Scott Smiley (seen here with his wife Tiffany) with a...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

When Your Baby’s Life is Expected to Be Brief: A Look at Perinatal Hospice and Palliative Care

Pregnancy is supposed to be a joyful time for a couple, but for Amy Kuebelbeck...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Harlem Globetrotters Add Teen with Down Syndrome to Roster

Eighteen-year-old Kevin Grow from Bensalem, Pennsylvania, became an Internet phenomenon when video of him scoring...

March 05, 2014

St. Jude Children’s Hospital Gets $1.5 Million Because of Ellen’s Oscar Selfie

The tweet shared 'round the world - a.k.a. Ellen Degeneres's Oscar selfie with Bradley Cooper,...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Dr. Kevin Hunt and Nicole Schreiner Bring Medicine & Compassion to Uganda’s Poor

Several pregnant women about to give birth lay on a cold cement floor, shivering due...

February 12, 2014

Moving Outside of Ourselves by Serving the Poor

The following is the text of the Christopher News Note "Serving the Poor." If you'd...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Two Hearing-Impaired Girls Get Surprise Visit from Deaf NFL Star

Derrick Coleman, the NFL's first deaf player, has received a lot of attention lately because...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

Science and a Mother’s Love Offer Hope to Fatally Ill Child

Sam Berns was supposed to be dead by age 13 because he was born with...

October 15, 2013

He Had Every Right Not to Be Happy, But He Was Happy All the Time

Though born with cerebral palsy along with minimal hearing and vision, Noah Voelker of Gainesville,...

October 03, 2013

Love Turns Despair Into Hope: The LaHood Family’s Ministry to Disabled Children

When Dan LaHood was in second grade at St. John Baptist De La Salle grammar...

September 2013

September 10, 2013

A Christopher Prayer for Doctors

I was recently looking through a book written by The Christophers' founder, Maryknoll Father James...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

Wisdom Doesn’t Always Wear a Suit: NBC News’s Bob Dotson on the Power of Ordinary People

“The one overriding theme I found is that wisdom doesn’t always wear a suit.” Considering...

May 2013

May 03, 2013

Actress Bonnie Hunt’s Brother and a Catholic Priest Are Saving Lives in Uganda

You likely know Bonnie Hunt from her years as a talk show host and from...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

The 2013 Christopher Award Winners for TV, Film and Books Are…

NEW YORK, April 9, 2013 — A world-renowned singer/songwriter explores the role music played in...