While searching for a poem to pair with a presentation I recently gave I came across this moving selection titled quot Prayer quot from Dana Gioia 39 s outstanding collection The Gods of Winter 1991 It 39 s a very Catholic poem that in its honesty and authenticity carries the intensity of

Fr Robert Barron founder of Word on Fire and creator of the impressive nbsp Catholicism nbsp series a few days ago nbsp published an essay nbsp expressing the impact that Thomas Merton 39 s writings exerted on his Fr Barron 39 s interest in religious life Fr Barron says that Merton quot h

Catholic San Francisco the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco profiled the Society of Jesus in its latest issue providing some good historical information A snippet Jesuit work in San Francisco also included parish ministry through St Ignatius Church between 1855 and 1863 t

Sometimes I 39 m asked to recommend a Bible one that provides an accurate translation along with helpful annotations that illuminate the complexities of the stories and text I am no biblical scholar so I don 39 t mean to offer any definitive opinion However I can say that for New Testament rea

One of the most influential texts for my teaching thinking and writing as well as for my own efforts to live faithfully as a lay Catholic is the Second Vatican Council document nbsp Gaudium et Spes the Council 39 s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World nbsp Just about every pa

In recognition of Catholic Schools Week I thought I 39 d share a little bit of history from the schooling of Matteo Ricci the great 16th century Italian Jesuit missionary When Ricci was about ten his father enrolled him at the newly founded Macerata Jesuit College in central Italy According to