(This post by Paulist Fr. Ron Franco first appeared at City Father.) In P.D. James’ dystopian novel, The Children of Men (1992), a group that meets...
We have to call the actions of those who acted in Paris what they are: Sins. Acts of deliberate hatred.
The plastic marble lobby of Madison Square Garden on the other side of the metal detectors the line of those seeking to be shriven doesn’t...
A video reflection on the struggle for justice at the University of Missouri.
Two people go on a contemplative prayer retreat. At the end of the retreat, one says, “I am so disappointed. I was bored, restless, full...
Julian Bond’s death last Sunday ended a rich, action-filled and effective life. As the radio listed all the things he was involved in, right up...
The culture wars in this country reveal a lot of division. Election politics will play on this. There will be talk of the need to...
“So you aren’t going to be a Paulist? Great!” That may seem like an odd reaction for a vocations director. In working through a process...
There is a long history of saying something or someone is not human so that we can be rid of it. When the first settlers...
The boat is called Wayfinder. I sailed on it a week ago yesterday in the waters off Howth in Ireland. It was a perfect Irish...
I like this term, “media literacy.” Most of us are media illiterate in some area. We believe something because of its source. We are pretty...
The cathedral parish, like so many others, is coming closer to the end of summer and the beginning of school. (Say it isn’t so!) I...