Birth Control and Freedom
Patronized by figures like Sanger, the social movement toward contraception promised a certain freedom and human flourishing, but the Church anticipated otherwise and produced a different kind of patron saint.
Franchelle Jaeger
A Snapshot of Mom
“From the first moment of the Church all Christians who have sought the love of God—that love revealed in Jesus Christ—have encountered our Lady and experienced her motherly care.”
Young Catholics Dating in 2020: Now, Gents
What are guys looking for in a girl, you ask? They have a few things in mind.
Young Catholics Dating in 2020: Ladies First
This is the second in a 3-part series on a survey of young Catholics dating in 2020. Part 1 Part 3 ____________________ Young Catholic women today do not have it easy. If you are a young Catholic woman and you just read that, I understand that you may need a moment for your eyes to return … Read more
Young Catholics Dating in 2020
The “hook-up culture” has turned the most intimate human behavior into “no biggie,” while at the same time many young people eschew overt invitations to date because asking someone on a date is tantamount to a marriage proposal. It is all so weird. And confusing.
Easter Octave
In their solemn Paschal hymn, Eight Days a Week, the British liturgists The Beatles reflect on the Christian practice of celebrating our highest feast day in the context of an Octave.
Of Labor and Hunger
Throughout Scripture, the idea of labor pain is used to describe the human experience of suffering and yearning in expectation.
Food: All the Restrictions Recipe
One time, many years ago, I signed up to bring a new mother dinner through our parish Elizabeth Ministry. I had done it dozens of times before. No biggie. Sign up online, get a reminder a day or so ahead, cook twice the food I normally would for my own family and make a dinner … Read more
Food: Fat Girl Confessional
I know “fat” is a complicated, triggering word—it is for me, too. I chide myself when I say it in front of my children or in reference to the appearance of myself or others. But, that doesn’t stop the word from running through my head sometimes when I look at a mirror or see a picture of myself. It’s also a sticky kind of word.
From Something Good
You can actually live without the thing—anything—even a very good thing, for a good reason, for a period of time. In the midst of this current Covid-19 health crisis, our world is about to figure that out.