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Finding Infinity Within

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What makes us human is precisely our experience of the infinite, the fact that we are never satisfied. We are the subjects of unlimited...

Making Friends

Rebecca Ruiz

My son began attending a new school this month. As we pulled up to the front entrance, he was wondering aloud whom he would...

Faith as a Lamp

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Download free mini-posters with this and other inspiring quotes from On Faith by Pope Francis.

A School of Discipleship

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The Second Week is a school of discipleship. In discipleship you enter into a relationship that leads you deeply into the sentiments, thoughts,...

Creativity and the Ignatian Spirit

Vinita Hampton Wright

Years before I’d ever heard of St. Ignatius Loyola and his Spiritual Exercises, I was learning spiritual principles through creative writing. I had been...

Retreat and Healing Forgiveness

Marina Berzins McCoy

Each summer I embark on an eight-day silent retreat at a retreat center. It is one of my favorite parts of the year, as...

Joyful Scenes Inspired by the Joyful Mysteries

Loretta Pehanich

As an on-call shelter volunteer, I spent some evening hours in a mother-baby unit with a woman whose child was less than a day...

Let’s Talk About Dreams

Vinita Hampton Wright

When I speak of dreams here, I don’t mean the mind’s journeys while you’re sleeping. I refer to dreams—visions, imaginings—you have for yourself, for...

Befriending a Rat

Gretchen Crowder

In our urban backyard, we have a chicken coop constructed just right to fit our five, almost full-grown chickens. My animal-loving family promises me...