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Food for thought

May 25, 2017

Food draws friends and family together, she says, "around one table, creating community over a shared loaf of bread."
Catholic food blogger Jeff Young connects food and faith

May 25, 2017

Food culture is nothing new to Jeff Young, founder of the Catholic Foodie blog and podcast.
A Catholic take on food culture

May 25, 2017

Probably no one has expressed the place of food in life better than American writer and gastronome Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher: “First we eat, then we do everything else.”
The art of the church architect

May 19, 2017

A simple, white-granite altar, together with the crucifix and striking white baldachin suspended above it, catches and holds the eye as soon as one enters the remarkable church constructed in the early 1960s at St. John’s Abbey and University in central Minnesota.
Lectio divina and the beauty of faith: Discovering art as an aid to worship

May 19, 2017

Think of the last time you read words on a page or screen. Perhaps it was the headline news, a newspaper column, blog post or online article, your email or Facebook page. Images and sounds were mostly likely part of that experience.
Food for thought

May 19, 2017

“There is something about art that touches the soul,” writes Alaine DeSantis in a March 25 article for the Catholic Stand.
Food for thought

May 12, 2017

Mothers “ought to be listened to more,” said Pope Francis in a catechesis on the family at a general audience Jan 7, 2015.
Motherhood, a labour of love

May 12, 2017

Few women are prepared for the life-changing experience that motherhood brings. Sure, they may discover new curves in old places after having a baby or even develop a keen knack for multitasking during the toddler years, but these physical changes pale in comparison to the internal ones.
Motherhood: A vocation that grows and changes

May 12, 2017

In 1916, Padraig Pearse was executed by the British for his role in the Irish Easter uprising.
The origins of the May Crowning

May 12, 2017

The origins of the May Crowning are hard to pinpoint, although devotion to our Blessed Mother Mary originated in the earliest days of the Church. Concerning the significance of the month of May, toward the end of the 18th century, Fr Latomia of the Roman College of the Society of Jesus (in Rome) instituted the practise of dedicating this month to our Blessed Mother.