The history of the Church is replete with spiritual autobiographies, many of them written by saints, and many more written by priests, religious, and laity who have not been raised to the altars. Many Catholics […]
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 […]
We all know—we all know—that family and home life are the most important shapers of human character, and thus the most important shapers of society. “Train up a child in the way he should go; […]
Jesus Christ made statements about himself that if not true would make him the greatest egomaniac who ever walked the earth—statements such as “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes […]
In Healing Wounds: The 2025 Lent Book, Bishop Erik Varden, OCist, of Norway, guides readers more deeply into Christ’s wounds while also helping us to see our own more clearly and not fear bringing them to […]
Statistics show that the top reason for young people are leaving the Church is that their questions about the faith do not get answered. They have questions about God, the afterlife, seemingly unanswered prayers, other […]
The Church, throughout her long history, has faced many terrible trials, united her in a deep and real way with the sufferings of Jesus. How can we be the saints the Church needs today, during […]
I first read Henri de Lubac, SJ, as a college student in the late 1950s, when Vatican II was still but a twinkle in Angelo Roncalli’s eye. Among my first discoveries were The Drama of Atheist […]
The Oxford Handbook of Deification, states the publisher, “provides the first treatment of deification that is truly encyclopedic in scope.” With three co-editors, forty-six contributors, and forty-four chapters, the 738-page-long volume is an impressive and thorough […]
There is no Bonaventurian school named after the Franciscan theologian St. Bonaventure, a Doctor of the Church known for both his theological and spiritual writings. Nor is there an Anselmian theological school to honor St. […]
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