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Keeping Theology at Notre Dame
As a diocesan seminarian studying with the Sulpicians in Paris, a young Basil Moreau wrote to the rector at the seminary in Tessé about an unquenchable desire—about, actually, a...
New Vatican Document Issued on the Synod on the Family
The Vatican’s upcoming meeting on family life has spurred broad speculation about a new openness to divorced and remarried Catholics. Now commentators are searching a newly issued working document,...
An Easter Octave Playlist
Good feasting should be accompanied with good music. Continuing the celebration of the Easter Octave, here are a few recommendations: This day gradual-ly came on Easter Sunday: William Byrd...
Could You Not Watch One Hour with Me?
Tonight I’ll partake in the Maundy Thursday custom of making a mini-pilgrimage to nearby churches in order to pray before repositories of the Blessed Sacrament—to “watch one hour” with...
Anti #ashtag
When the famous Ellen DeGeneres Oscar selfie appeared on my Facebook wall on Mardi Gras, modified with ash crosses, I laughed. But on Ash Wednesday, I began to worry....
The Freedom of Mardi Gras’s Leisure
“Fasching—Mardi gras—is certainly not a Church festival. Yet, on the other hand, it is unthinkable apart from the Church’s calendar” begins Cardinal Ratzinger’s reflection “Mardi Gras: The Ground of Our...
The Conscience of Thomas More and the Little Sisters of the Poor
With the battle raging between the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Federal government on the HHS Mandate, some writers have likened their case to the trial of...
For Our Midwest Readers: The Edith Stein Project at Notre Dame
The Edith Stein Project of the University of Notre Dame is an annual conference that seeks to articulate the authentic meaning of human dignity and sexuality. This year’s conference...
The Price of Redefining Marriage
Ryan T. Anderson, former assistant editor of First Things, testified before the Indiana House Judiciary Committee this past Monday. A video and a transcript of his testimony have been...
The Little Sisters and Legal Speak
In a CNN Opinion Column, Sally Kohn has called the Little Sister of the Poor’s suit against the HHS Mandate “far-fetched” because they refuse to sign a form stating...
Reviewing Papal Economics
Each summer, First Things hosts a Dominican student brother from the Province of Saint Joseph as a summer intern. The first student brother hosted was Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P....
Of Saints and Conscience
Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints, and I think the most quoted statement from Pope Francis’ Angelus message for the feast is, “The Saints are not...
World Youth Alliance’s International Arts Forum 2013
A weekend-long International Art Forum on “Art and Beauty” is to be held this week, November 1-3, at the headquarters of the World Youth Alliance in New York City....
Kate Mangold’s “We Followed the Red Herring for 10,000 Miles”
On Tuesday, November 5, Kate Mangold, an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York, will be premiering all new work in an exhibit titled “We Followed the Red Herring for...
“The Theory and Practice of Solidarity”
Fr. Maciej Zieba, O.P., the author of the new book Papal Economics: The Catholic Church on Democratic Capitalism, from Rerum Novarum to Caritas in Veritate , is presenting a...
