The Blog

by Rietta Parker, Contributing Writer

Back in 2022, I was living with my husband in an apartment complex five minutes away from a perpetual adoration chapel. One afternoon there, I started meditating on that day’s gospel acclamation.

by Beckie Gautrau, Contributing Writer

Mark your calendars for September 7! Alongside the popular Bl. Carlo Acutis, Pope Leo XIV will also be canonizing another young and inspirational person: Pier Giorgio Frassati. Once declared “the man of the eight beatitudes” by Pope John Paul II, Bl. Pier Giorgio refutes the myth that holiness is reserved for older age. In today’s blog, Beckie Gautreau reflects on this soon-to-be saint’s life and legacy.

by Marge Hynes, Writer

The Ritual is billed as a drama-horror-thriller. Looking beyond the suspense and the demonic possession it’s based on, I had one simple question: Did it feel genuinely true to our faith and the reality of evil?

by Franci Revel Eckensberger, Lead Editor

The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee in Florida has taken Pope Francis’ message of hope to heart and developed a devotion that is sure to encourage others to do the same–The Hopeful Mysteries of the Rosary. 

by Marge Hynes, Writer

I didn’t realize it at the time, but I grew up in two very different classrooms of music: one in a church pew, the other on a living room floor.

Sunday mornings were steeped in incense and Latin—the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, where the priest faced east and sacred silence was tangible. Weekday afternoons, however, were reserved for American Idol reruns at my neighbor’s house. Her grandma would make popcorn, and I’d sit cross-legged on the carpet, wide-eyed as young singers stepped into the spotlight. Amid pop ballads and dramatic eliminations, I remember being especially moved by contestants who spoke openly about their faith—Colton Dixon and Lauren Daigle come to mind.