ARTICLES
The Gift of Down Syndrome
Catholic World Report | In a world where most babies with the diagnosis are aborted, one family said yes to Down syndrome five times over two generations.
A Family’s Five-fold Blessing of Down Syndrome
The Epoch Times | The gift outweighs the challenges.
Sunlight Through Stained Glass
Hearth and Field | When the brain forgets, does the soul remember?
Hope at Abortion's Epicenter
The Epoch Times | Post-Dobbs, California doubled down on abortion. But pro-lifers converging on the West Coast this weekend are a sign of hope.
My Christmas-tide Adventure with Mother Wilhelmina
Catholic World Report | My sister had always loved a road trip. But this was one like no other.
Dinnertime: A Line in the Sand
The Epoch Times | A few days into his first summer job, my teenage son came home and wanted to tell me about “an interesting conversation” he had with his boss.
Will Charlie Kirk's Death Galvanize the Pro-Life Movement?
Catholic World Report | In a telling response to the horrible news, Catholic school kids in California hit the sidewalk to pray in front of an abortion clinic.
The Lesson of Parental Parting
Catholic Exchange | I looked up at my friend, who was chatting brightly about the small college where we had both said goodbye to our newly minted freshmen the day before.
Habemus Papam 3 Weeks Out: Happy to Be Catholic
Catholic Exchange | When I dropped off my high schooler at St. Augustine Academy each morning last week, a large, hand-lettered yellow sign still greeted me, propped against a stucco wall, proclaiming “Viva Il Papa!”
Digging Deep Beneath the Surface of Motherhood
Catholic World Report | Soul Garden: A Catholic Mother’s Collective, says co-editor Hope Schneir, “is a resource manual for a mother’s interior and exterior life.
The Power of a Catholic Death and the Joy That Lies Beyond
Catholic World Report | A death surrounded by the prayers of the Church gives us a glimpse of that time when “tears will be no more.”
Aramean Christians, Israel and Gaza: an Interview with Shadi Khalloul
Catholic World Report | After hearing a professor call Aramaic a dead language, Shadi Khalloul found his mission: to keep his Aramaic heritage alive.
Experiencing the Hamas Conflict from Within Israel: An Interview with Channah Bardan
Catholic World Report | “From a very young age, children in Gaza are taught that Jews are vermin, that Jews are occupiers, terrorists. … They learn to want to kill Jews.”
Faith and Reason at Hillsdale College
Catholic World Report | Founded in 1844 by Free Will Baptists, Hillsdale has always marched to a different drummer. In this unique environment, conversions are happening—and a significant number of those conversions are to Catholicism.
Challenging and changing the toxic environment created by contraception
Catholic World Report | A conversation with Julia Ibarra, founder of MagentaYou.com, about women’s faith, health and fertility.
Weeping with Mary: Reflections on the Gift of Tears
Catholic World Report | Tears, when bestowed by the Holy Spirit, are not an end in themselves to be analyzed, but point us to a spiritual end, whether that end be conversion, contemplation, consolation, or more fervent prayer.
St. Nicholas, Protector of Innocence
Catholic Exchange | Several years ago, my husband took one of our sons out for breakfast: a tradition when it comes time to discuss certain things related to coming of age. He came back chuckling. He had started the conversation by asking our son if he still believed in Santa Claus.
Memento Mori: Thoughts of Death and Rebirth in a Reminiscent Season
Crisis | The practice of "memento mori" - remembering our own eventual deaths - might be a cause for anxiety. But for the Christian, it should be a means of peace.
Honoring the Radical Choice of Full-Time Motherhood
Crisis | Feminism—and the devaluing of motherhood—is a diabolically clever strategy to destabilize the family. To counter this, we need to honor the archetype of motherhood, plain and simple.
25 Years of Thursdays: The Legacy of Angela Baird
Catholic Exchange | Student’s Heroic Death Continues to Teach the Value of Redemptive Suffering