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November 2021

November 03, 2021

Tales from the Confessional

Jesus, because he remains forever, has a priesthood that does not pass away. Therefore, he...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Just a Little of That Human Touch

Tell me, in a world without pity Do you think what I'm askin's too much...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

Why I Can’t Stay

Something changed inside of me during the week following this summer’s shattering Pennsylvania Grand Jury...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

Mea Maxima Culpa: Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals Tempt Us to Despair

At this writing, the grotesque moral stench of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report lingers in...

April 2018

April 16, 2018

You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part V

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae this summer, Sick Pilgrim will...

April 10, 2018

You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part IV

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae this summer, Sick Pilgrim will be...

April 04, 2018

You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part III

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae this summer, Sick Pilgrim will be...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part II

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae this summer, Sick Pilgrim will be...

March 19, 2018

You Are Not Alone: Catholic Women’s Real Life Experiences of NFP, Part I

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Sick Pilgrim is featuring a series...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

Narcissism, Exorcism, and the True Nature of Evil

Sixty years ago, C.S. Lewis began his book, Mere Christianity by giving us an example...

August 13, 2017

St. Maximilian Kolbe, Pray for Me, a Sinner, and a White Man.

I'm a white male, age 35-45. According to all statistics and research, I have power...

March 2017

March 11, 2017

That viral video of the interrupted professor? I don’t think it’s funny.

It crowded my newsfeed on Friday, accompanied by many “LOLs” and my favorite “laughing to...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Why Are We So Afraid of Mercy and Our Own Heretical Little Hearts?

As I sort through the events of the past few months, I've tried to figure...

February 06, 2017

Are You a Child of Thunder? Or a Vigilante of Love?

On the first Sunday of the year, my priest printed out slips of...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

Screwtape Does America

(At four o'clock this morning, I (Jonathan) woke up and thought about the events...

January 20, 2017

What it Means to be a Catholic Woman in Trump’s America

2016 was the year of my disillusionment. The election of Donald Trump seemed like a...

January 10, 2017

Praying with Depression (and Children)

"I want us to recite the Lord’s Prayer together in the mornings as a family...

December 2016

December 04, 2016

Feast of St. Nicholas: Slap a Heretic Day. Or Why Are We Hitting Ourselves?

Tuesday is the feast day of St. Nicholas and as usual, the story of him...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

Advent: Kicking your Darkness

Since I first heard the song in college, I've meditated on a lyric by Canadian...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

Dark Devotional: Monsters Inside Me

I’ve never been much for being scared out of my mind by horror flicks or...

October 04, 2016

Why Are Your Kids Leaving the Church? They’re Materialist Magicians

As someone who watches Catholic media for a living, it's hard to ignore the mass...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

We’re All Catfishers….

My heart broke when I read Chase Padusniak's catfishing post and his story of being taken...

September 08, 2016

Dark Devotional: I Don’t Believe in the Fatherhood of God, do you?

When it comes to the story of the Prodigal Son, it's hard to...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

3 Things That Every Convert/Revert Wants Cradles to Know (No, This Ain’t a Cosmo Article)

Since I work in the Disneyland for Catholics (Notre Dame), I see all kinds of...

August 08, 2016

Confession: Is it Really Good for the Soul? Or is that just BS?

A few weeks ago, I attended the Applied Biblical Studies Conference at Franciscan University...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Dark Devotional: Obsessive Compulsive Ecclesiastes

"Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill, and yet to...

July 22, 2016

Dark Devotional: An Argument with St. Paul about some Biblical Platitudes

"Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,...

July 18, 2016

I went to Communion and You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next!

I saw that it is the will of Christ’s love to be put into the hands...

July 14, 2016

St. Kateri, Pray for the National Parks and Against Our Abuse of God’s Creation

I'm something of a National Park fanatic. On my cubicle wall at Ave Maria Press,...

July 10, 2016

Six Steps Toward Creating a Culture of Life

Catholic writers often find themselves in a weird position. We're accused of being neanderthal conservatives...