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I am pretty sure I know the exact moment when I blew my chances at a college scholarship. I was a senior in high school enduring an interview with the scholarship committee, and I fumbled my answer to a question about a defining moment in my life. My answer concerned...
Our souls come from beyond, and that fire of yearning desire we experience is that “beyond” trying to draw us back to itself. Saint Augustine taught that our souls are filled institutes of consecrated life. He also said that our souls are filled with restlessness until they rest in God....
For more than 100-years, Liguorian has been a source of hope, inspiration, and spiritual guidance. We kindly ask for your financial support to ensure Liguorian continues to be an affordable individual and family resource. At Liguorian, we work to further the mission of the Redemptorists—a religious order founded in 1732...
In an extraordinary reversal of centuries of anti-Semitism and intolerance, the Catholic Church officially repudiated “hatred, persecutions, [and] displays of anti-Semitism directed against Jews at any time and by anyone” in the Second Vatican Council’s 1965 declaration, Nostra Aetate, Latin for “in our time.” In October, Jews and Catholics will...
Excitement for the World Meeting of Families has been building on the East Coast since 2012, when Pope Benedict XVI announced to a million Mass-goers at the seventh such meeting in Milan, Italy, that Philadelphia would be the site of the next meeting. When Catholics in the City of Brotherly...
The Sunshine Kids By Jim Auer Editors Note: Each year, the Catholic Press Association puts out a call for entries of books, newspapers, magazines, and other publications to its Catholic Press Awards program. “The Sunshine Kids” won third place for Best Short Story! The awards honor the accomplishments of Catholic journalists and publishers...
An Alternative Rite of Passsage by Fr. Allan Weinert, CSsR Editors Note: Each year, the Catholic Press Association puts out a call for entries of books, newspapers, magazines, and other publications to its Catholic Press Awards program. An Alternative Rite of Passage won third place for Best In-Depth Writing! The awards honor...
Content From January 2014 Editors Note: Each year, the Catholic Press Association puts out a call for entries of books, newspapers, magazines, and other publications to its Catholic Press Awards program. Ligurian won first place for Best Coverage of Immigration. The entry included three pieces within a single edition: Plain Talk by...
The Statue by Kerry Sloan Editors Note: Each year, the Catholic Press Association puts out a call for entries of books, newspapers, magazines, and other publications to its Catholic Press Awards program. The Statue” won first-place for Best Short Story! The awards honor the accomplishments of Catholic journalists and publishers and...
Dorothy Day and Her Little Way by Robert Ellsberg Editors Note: Each year, the Catholic Press Association puts out a call for entries of books, newspapers, magazines, and other publications to its Catholic Press Awards program. “Dorothy Day and Her Little Way” won second place for Best Personality Profile! The awards honor the...