Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Peace and Pekoe

Home

Home
Catholic

2017-04-27T11:45:26-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

My Pope

Last updated on: April 27, 2017 at 11:45 am By Kate Cousino

I want to write something more about what it means to me that Pope John Paul II is being canonized–will have been canonized, by the time this posts. I want to say something about what this Pope meant to my generation, what it meant to grow up a “JPII Catholic.” I could point out that he was elected a mere two years before I was born, and died the month I gave birth to my first child, his funeral the... Read more

2017-01-18T15:17:24-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

I love this

Last updated on: January 18, 2017 at 3:17 pm By Kate Cousino

I ran across this years ago, but it never fails to delight me. I think JPII– who was an actor, poet, and college chaplain–would have appreciated it, too. Read more

Uncategorized

2014-04-26T10:00:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Not just another personality cult

Last updated on: April 26, 2014 at 10:00 am By Kate Cousino

In honor of the canonization of Pope John Paul II, I am posting an article I wrote over a decade ago, after attending World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto. I will forever be grateful to have been in the presence of this extraordinary man, who inspired me, and whose words still hold me up and point me towards Christ. He was, as he was to so many of my generation, my spiritual Papa. Not just another personality cult It was... Read more

Uncategorized

2017-01-18T18:04:19-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Why I am a feminist

Last updated on: January 18, 2017 at 6:04 pm By Kate Cousino

I was looking for this post yesterday. Here is the post where I explain, briefly, the ethical principle I do my best to live by: “In any conflict between the rights or needs of two persons, the strong should give way to the weak (given proportionality), in order to maintain the possibility of the greatest possible preservation of goods. If the stronger individual gives way, they have the resources to potentially recover from any injury. If the weaker individual is... Read more

Uncategorized

2017-01-31T15:01:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Is there such thing as a Catholic feminist?

Last updated on: January 31, 2017 at 3:01 pm By Kate Cousino

My sister-in-law and I were joking around recently about discovering that we practice Child-Led Weaning. You know, feeding your baby real table food when they are ready for solids, rather than formula, cereal, and mush? That’s what I grew up with, so it seems funny that there is a special label for it, and people selling books about it. I mean, I feel like I could sum up how I introduce solid foods in about two paragraphs, if I needed... Read more

2014-04-24T00:06:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Post ideas

Last updated on: April 24, 2014 at 12:06 am By Kate Cousino

There’s a lot roiling in my brain tonight, and I won’t be able to sit down and try to sort them out at any length until tomorrow. Here’s a sampler of the sorts of things I’ve discussed today and want to flesh out further: 1. Whether it’s possible to be a Catholic Feminist, and what that means, anyhow. 2. What the view is like from inside an ADHD brain, and how my own experiences have informed the way I parent... Read more

Uncategorized

2014-04-14T10:54:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Quotable — Laying down your Life

Last updated on: April 14, 2014 at 10:54 am By Kate Cousino

Good Shepherds are willing to lay down their lives for their sheep. As spiritual leaders walking in the footsteps of Jesus, we are called to lay down our lives for our people. This laying down might in special circumstances mean dying for others. But it means first of all making our own lives – our sorrows and joys, our despair and hope, our loneliness and experience of intimacy – available to others as sources of new life. One of the... Read more

Uncategorized

2014-04-11T12:57:00-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Seven Quick (and Random) Takes

Last updated on: April 11, 2014 at 12:57 pm By Kate Cousino

1. It’s been a long winter, and it is finally over! The sun is shining, there are robins everywhere, and we’ve put away out winter boots and coats and broken out sneakers and rainboots. I love spring, and the delay only makes it extra-sweet. 2. It’s not only the weather which has made this a difficult winter. A month ago, my four year old nephew Sammy was diagnosed with leukemia. My brother in law suffers from a depressive disorder and they... Read more

Uncategorized

2017-01-18T18:05:26-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

At the Personalist Project: “A Tower that will Pierce the Clouds”

Last updated on: January 18, 2017 at 6:05 pm By Kate Cousino

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a book called An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. I’m not sure what kind of advice I expected to read from this former commander of the International Space Station, someone who did countless interviews from space (including being interviewed by William Shatner) and whose space-earth duets and extraterrestrial performance of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” received millions of views on YouTube. There are traits you expect in... Read more

Uncategorized

2017-01-31T15:02:39-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Is my husband a ham sandwich?

Last updated on: January 31, 2017 at 3:02 pm By Kate Cousino

So I received a comment on my marriage post that was so bizarre as to make it difficult to tell whether the commenter was attempting satire/reductio ad absurdem of some perceived omission in my own writing, or whether they simply have this skewed a perception of the relationship between individual sanctity and interpersonal solidarity: You put your finger right on it, Kate. The vows you make are between you and God. Your spouse is just the incidental ham sandwich. That’s... Read more

Marriage

Striving for Holiness

Uncategorized

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What does the Bible say about rest?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Rest is evil God rested on the seventh day Avoid rest Only rest when you're old

Support this
Column

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category ADHD Blog Business Body and Soul Books Faith Faith in Action Family Feminism Fertility Awareness Friendship Geekiness Guest Post History Hope Just For Fun Love Marriage Memory Mental Exercise Movies Parenting Personalism Poetry Prayer Quotes Scripture Seven Quick Takes Striving for Holiness Television The Stories We Tell The World Uncategorized

Select a Month September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 August 2016 June 2016 March 2016 January 2016 November 2015 October 2015 August 2015 July 2015 May 2015 April 2015 February 2015 December 2014 November 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 August 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 November 2009 October 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Catholic