May 28, 20213 minEvangelical Resilience Many Christians are bound to become pessimistic and discouraged after not seeing much fruit from all their labors in catechesis and...
May 18, 20213 minPractical Atheism and the Call to HolinessA quick glance at the cultural landscape and its receptiveness to the Gospel might make the evangelist a tad resigned. Given that the...
Apr 14, 20214 minThe Collapse of Community When I worked at Mundelein Seminary, I met many old-time Chicago priests who used to tell me interesting stories about the archdiocese...
Apr 9, 20215 minUnderstanding America A colleague once told me that he heard Cardinal Francis George lament that Catholics in Chicago were treating Mass like going for fast...
Apr 1, 20213 minDancing Alone In his latest book Mass Exodus, Dr. Stephen Bullivant’s description of the typical religiously unaffiliated person (a.k.a., “none”) in...