Today is the best of all times to be born with Down Syndrome, and the worst of all times. In the United States, some 76 percent of children diagnosed with the genetic disorder in utero […]
I was quiet as my book club discussed a book of Christmas stories. As I listened, my mind roved over the busy year reaching its close. Then I remembered last December and knew I had […]
I looked up from my work to see a text from one of my son’s schoolmates: “Hi Mrs. Seeley, a couple of us have decided to go to the clinic and pray today just because […]
In his April 2022 essay “Are Women in the Workplace a Good Thing?” Jerry D. Salyer points out that feminism is so pervasive that even today’s conservatives consider traditional teaching on male/female roles to be […]
I purchased a copy of Soul Garden, A Catholic Mother’s Collective, when it was first published by Ignatius Press in November. Soon after, I couldn’t resist giving my copy away to a new mom. When […]
Shadi Khalloul vividly remembers the moment his “American dream” died. It was the moment a teacher at the University of Nevada Las Vegas described Aramaic as a dead language. The class was studying the Bible […]
6:29 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 7. Across Israel, families were sleeping in. This Shabbat marked the final day of the high holy days. Thirty days of prayer, fasting and traditions had culminated in Friday’s joyous night […]
When I sent my son off to Hillsdale College in 2015, I had no idea he was going to come home an expert on Calvinism. I felt certain that his strong Catholic faith would be […]
As I sat down to write this, August was almost over. “Big kids” had drifted off to college already, and the “littles”—no longer so little—were sleeping the sleep of the just; enjoying another couple of […]
As a newlywed, Julia Ibarra was more than a little nervous about using Natural Family Planning. She had grown up non-Catholic, with the assumption that the Pill would be part of her married life. Stepping […]
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