Mary, Foundress of America

by Jose Gomez

Our Lady of Guadalupe's appearance to Juan Diego is a crucial moment in the history of the United States—and key to reconciling our political and cultural divisions today.  Continue Reading »

28 Aug 2017 0

The Mystery of Mary

by Rachel Fulton Brown

An interview with Rachel Fulton Brown. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2017 0

The Challenge of Fatima

by William Doino Jr.

If there were any doubts about the enduring power of Fatima, Pope Francis has put them to bed. Continue Reading »

22 May 2017 0

The Virgin and The Donald

by Matthew Milliner

At Donald Trump's old church, Mary and the fugitive Holy Family are there—just tucked in the corner, safely out of sight. Continue Reading »

19 Jul 2016 0

The Smartphone and the Virgin

by Mark Movsesian

Updating Henry Adams's famous meditation on technology and tradition. Continue Reading »

30 Jun 2016 0

Mary at Baptism?

by Timothy George

On an escarpment high above the Euphrates River in eastern Syria sit the ruins of Dura-Europos, one of the most important archeological finds of the twentieth century. Founded in 303 BC by the Seleucid successors of Alexander the Great, this ancient caravan city of some 8,000 to 10,000 people was . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Feb 2016 0

The Holy Family

by Russell E. Saltzman

Of the Passover festival in Jerusalem, St. Luke concisely reports, “When the festival was ended, Jesus stayed behind but his parents did not know it” (2:43). Of course they didn’t know it. They are parents. What makes anyone think they knew anything at all? The twelve-year-old Jesus decided to . . . . Continue Reading »

31 Dec 2015 0

The Last Scapegoat

by Matthew Milliner

The following is a sermon given last Sunday at All Souls Church (Wheaton, IL) in the wake of another Wheaton media controversy.

24 Dec 2015 0

Wishing for God’s Plan: Mary’s fiat in Luke 1:38

by Sarah Klitenic Wear

In the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., hangs van Eyck’s The Annunciation, where a rainbow-winged Gabriel salutes Mary, blue-draped, arms open in prayer. Gabriel proclaims, Ave gratia plena, to which Mary responds, ecce ancilla domini. Her words are written in reverse because they are . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Dec 2015 0

Celibacy in the City

by Matthew Milliner

The day after the Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage this summer, I was in line for the Ferris Wheel with my three year old daughter. An insufficiently directive ride attendant left me confused as to which car to enter. Do we get our own? Do we pile in with strangers? Whatever our options might . . . . Continue Reading »

17 Jul 2015 0