"If you are distracted by a little kid being a little kid you are not focused on what’s holy. Little kids are holy. Let it be."

When it comes to how they spend their free time, why they study and what they envision for their life beyond the classroom, students are trying to pursue happiness. Too often, however, this wrestling does not go far enough.

Adoption is sacramental, revealing to humanity the possibility of divine love.

John A. Coleman, S.J., pays tribute to his teacher, mentor and friend, who died one year ago on the Feast of St. Ignatius.

Along with family and friends, my faith offers hope, makes sense of a sometimes-confusing existence, and challenges me, disallowing complacence and self-satisfaction.

We are missing a powerful and vivid symbol of the love of Jesus, writes Father James Martin. For the Sacred Heart is nothing less than an image of the way that Jesus loves us.