Catholic Identity

Lala Bonner and River Parks are all smiles at Chicago’s St. Ethelreda Catholic School. St. Ethelreda’s is among 30 schools that will benefit from a new financial partnership between the Big Shoulders Fund and the Archdiocese of Chicago. Photo courtesy of the Big Shoulders Fund.

FaithDispatches

Chicago’s $90 million plan to save its Catholic schools

Michael J. O’LoughlinFebruary 20, 2020

Smiles have been plentiful at St. Ethelreda since Jan. 29, when the Big Shoulders Fund and the Archdiocese of Chicago announced a partnership that will inject more than $92 million into 30 Catholic schools.

FaithFaith in Focus

You don’t need to travel to Europe to go on pilgrimage. Our Lady came to Wisconsin, too.

Vincent StrandFebruary 17, 2020

A Jesuit finds God in the familiar on the Wisconsin Way

FaithFaith in Focus

What the New York Encounter taught me about faith, art and friendship

Patrick TomassiFebruary 13, 2020

Jesus did not always tell people who he was; he told them to come and see for themselves. It is the same way the church spread in the early centuries: by attraction.

Politics & SocietyNews

Knights of Columbus unveils new public initiation ceremony

Andy Telli - Catholic News ServiceJanuary 30, 2020

After 142 years, the Knights of Columbus is pulling down a veil of secrecy that has surrounded its initiation ceremonies in an effort to better showcase the order's core principles and its drive to help Catholic men become disciples.