Voices

Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, "The Allegory".
FaithLent Reflections
A Reflection for the First Monday of Lent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithFaith in Focus
Can we ultimately trust the smirking ones in our midst, the sarcastic with a clever quip for our every move, for each vulnerable moment?
FaithAdvent Reflections
A Reflection for the Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
FaithAdvent Reflections
A Reflection for the Thursday of the First Week of Advent
FaithFaith in Focus
How can we be grateful in a world filled with inequality?
Arts & CulturePoetry
he opened up the window for Dec 24 even though it was like Dec 3
FaithShort Take
Many topics of great import were discussed at the meeting of the U.S. bishops. But they missed the mark on bingo, confession and whether cats possess prevenient grace.
FaithFaith in Focus
That heartbreaking baseball defeat seeming to distill and crystallize all of it; pointing to something so bleak, sad and hopeless tucked into the fabric of everything.
Arts & CultureMusic
Did the singer-songwriter era come about specifically to fill a demand by retreat directors for a poignant soundtrack to accompany the spiritual epiphanies of 16-year-olds?
FaithFaith in Focus
A tribute to the shot that may be saving the world.