“Petite Maman” is a magical-realist story about children and parents, the things we can’t say and learning to understand each other.

A “chosen family” has its benefits, but it can also be a way of avoiding the accountability and personal growth found in long-term, committed, familial bonds.

The church helped me heal after my miscarriage. That’s what every grieving mother deserves.

This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are joined by Megan Nix, the author of Remedies for Sorrow: An Extraordinary Child, a Secret Kept from Pregnant Women, and a Mother's Pursuit of the Truth.

Thanks to Jack Serio’s direction and playwright Ruby Thomas’s script, “The Animal Kingdom” falls into the category of a difficult but necessary watch, and the questions we are left with inspire us to think more critically about our mental health and relationships.

The greatest gift the church can give to our youth is to better serve their parents. This would begin with listening to us.