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June 2021

June 28, 2021

Lay Low and Weep: The Tragic Legacy of Catholic Residential Schools

Last week, 751 unmarked graves were discovered at the site of a former residential school...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Is Celibacy a Higher Calling? Does It Even Matter?

The Catholic Church has long taught that celibacy is the highest vocation. This is, to...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

Doubt is Part of Faith, So Why Is It So Difficult to Talk About?

When I was a child, my beloved great-grandmother passed away. She was the first person...

January 11, 2021

Pope Francis Firm: “Everyone Must Take the Vaccine.”

Pope Francis believes that taking the coronavirus vaccine in a moral imperative. In contrast to...

December 2020

December 14, 2020

Is Joe Biden a “Good Catholic?” Are you?

Joe Biden will be the second US president to profess the Catholic faith. But unlike...

December 07, 2020

Santa Claus Teaches Us to Marvel at God’s Incarnation

My family loves Santa Claus. They love the magic, the wonder, and the excitement on...

November 2020

November 16, 2020

When a Shepard Abandons His Flock: A Reflection on the McCarrick Report

Last week, the Vatican finally released the long-awaited McCarrick Report. This 400-page document outlines what...

October 2020

October 20, 2020

When You Can’t Feel Grace From the Sacraments

Unlike make Catholics, I have always loved going to Confession. I love the feeling I...

October 12, 2020

Blessed Carlo Acutis Brings Hope in a Broken World

Carlo Acutis, an teenage gamer and computer programmer, was Beatified on Saturday, October 10th. This...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

Who is Amy Coney Barrett and Why Are People So Worked Up About Her?

Amy Coney Barrett is a former professor at the University of Notre Dame, a judge...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Voting Your Conscience When Everyone Stinks

Voting has never been easy for me. As a Pro-Life, Pro-LGBTQ, Pro-Reform Catholic, I can...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

And Yet, They Are Like Us: The Death Penalty and Human Dignity

Human Dignity has never been a basic tenet of our society. Perhaps this is because...

July 13, 2020

We’re Returning to Mass. Healing Will Take Much Longer.

Here in New York City, Catholic laypersons have been returning to Mass. At my parish,...

April 2020

April 09, 2020

A Skeptic’s Guide to Fasting for Relief from Coronavirus

I am a Christian who questions everything. Every day, in every moment, I turn my...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Instructions for my Loved Ones in the (Unlikely) Case of My Death

This Christmas, my husband gifted me Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble's Remember Your Death: Memento Mori...

March 26, 2020

Dreaming of Priscilla: What if Women Wrote the Bible?

No one knows who wrote the Letter to the Hebrews. I learned this surprising fact...

March 16, 2020

40 Days in the Desert: A Reflection on Lent Without Mass

Just last week, I published an article on safe ways to receive Communion during the...

March 12, 2020

Reverence in the Time of Coronavirus: Ten Safe Ways to Receive Communion

I truly hate to tell you this, but the Holy Body and Blood of Our...

March 09, 2020

Are Catholic Artists Obligated to Make Catholic Art?

One of the most common responses to my plays is also the most painful for...

March 02, 2020

Radical Holiness: A Progressive Case for the Chapel Veil

The chapel veil is back. The practice of women covering their heads at mass, which...

August 2018

August 17, 2018

Dear God, what do we do now?

As a practicing Catholic, it is difficult for me to articulate how the past few...

January 2018

January 23, 2018

Please, Not This Pope: Defending the Faith when Leaders Err

Pope Francis has issued a public apology for comments made against sexual assault victims during...

August 2017

August 13, 2017

Why Silence Isn’t an Option, (or the devil grows stronger when you deny him.)

Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the...

February 2017

February 26, 2017

Why I Didn’t Attend the Woman’s March

The following was presented as part of "A Call to Action," a salon series of short...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

To Pro-Life Christians: Please Support Refugees

As Vice President Mike Pence addressed crowds of supporters at the March for Life, protests...

October 2016

October 07, 2016

Did He Really Just Say That? (What to do when you hear a bad sermon)

It's happened to all of us. Anyone who, by choice or by force, happens to...