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An Interview With Father Henri Nouwen By: ALICIA VON STAMWITZ Liguorian, October 1992 Henri Nouwen is a Dutch priest who has lived in North America since 1971. He is an internationally acclaimed speaker, and spiritual writer with over thirty published books, including The Wounded Healer, Genesee Diary, and, most recently,...
By: D.F. Miller April, 1950 Is a marriage annulment, in the Caholic Church, practically the same as divorce outside the Church? Can almost anyone get one? Does money have anything to do with it? Many foolish suspicions and false statements will be avoided by those who know the following facts....
By: Kathleen Fischer November 1999 One of the most remarkable changes in our society is that we are living much longer than earlier generations. In 1900, life expectancy at birth was less than 50 years, but a girl born today can expect to live to age 79, and a boy...
By Helen Alvare July-August 1999 “From the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and the two shall become one fless.” (Mark 10:6-8) Click here to read the entire article
Written by Jim Auer Published April 1998 A certain national magazine publishes an issue each year featuring “the fifty most beautiful people” in the country. Did you know that there are at least two hundred thirteen varieties of products to make your face beautiful? And that doesn’t include makeup! Click...
A Parish Hospitality Check List Published September 2010 Written by Sister Brenda Hermann, MSVT and Monsignor James Gaston For Christians, hospitality is empowered by the Holy Spirit. It is understood to be the desire to welcome others, to share one’s concern, time, love, personal space and resources with another without...
Written by Edward R. Walsh Published April 1987 Liguorian received a lot of letters, (positive and negative) in response to this cover. This article explores the portrayal of Jesus as a joyful person who must have found great joy in the gifts of God. Click here to read the full...
Written by Richard R. Gaillardetz, Ph.D September 2003 Being Catholic means a lot more than simply subscribing to a set of beliefs. Our identity as Catholic Christains is shaped by many things. The obligation that Catholics have toward a particular teaching of the Church depends on the nature of the...
Written by Kathy Coffey Originally published in December 2000 Surveying the wreckage of our world, the failures and disappointments in our personal life, we may overlook the evidence that God is for us. Seeking such evidence can be a fruitful Advent project. For us, as for the Magi, the search...
Written by Martha Manning July-August 1999 The biggest culprit contributing to the stigma associated with mental illness isn’t cruelty, but ignorance. The shame is another story. It’s not in my head; it’s in my gut, in my bones. I suffered from depression so severe that I couldn’t eat or sleep. I...
Written by Thomas Moore February 2000 As Plato Freud, and many other thinkers have said, death is not only the literal end of life; it is a theme that may give daily experience certain qualities associated with death. For Freud, the death instinct was an emotional attempt to return to...
Written by Robert I. Craig July-August 2002 My friend’s daughter and my daughter have entered puberty. My friend and I laugh-if we don’t laugh, we’ll cry-about how unpredictable our daughter’s behavior can sometimes be. Click here to read the full article
Written by Joseph M. Malham December 2001 (based on a true story) Father Ari Damaskos has always loved Christmas. If he could, he would celebrate it every day of the year, not because of the gifts and parties and childlike sense of excitement, but because of the love and peace...
Written by Martha Manning July-August 2000 After a school shooting occurs in a middl-to-upper-middle-class area a statement commonly heard is: “I never thought it could happen here.” Click here to read the entire article
Written by Martha Manning November 2000 Knowing about death and loss on an intellectual level never prepares us for the emotional upheaval of the actual experience. Click here to read the entire article
Written by Jean Sheridan September 2001 The announcements listed in church bulletins on any given Sunday might lead one to assume that everyone who goes to church is married with children. Indeed, if you are a single person, you might wonder whether you even exist. There are announcements for religious-education...
Written by Phyllis Edgerly Ring April 2001 Scripture tells us that each of us is created in God’s image. Yet our culture seems to contradict this at every turn. The average women’s magazine cover promotes a diet plan that can’t fail-and then pictures a dessert that will never be a...
Written by Wendy M. Wright April 2001 Easter is a hope that death will not sever the bonds of love, that loss of one another here does not mean loss of one another forever. Click here to read the entire article
Written by John Farnik, CSsR Published August 1978 Here’s the situation. You have been asked to a “party” with a group of friends and you know that means pot. You are confused but curious about marijuana. You are certain your parents would be opposed, but you also know that they...
The question of the rights and privileges of our colored fellow citizens is not just the removal of certain abuses. It is a far deeper question: that of setting at liberty those positive spiritual qualities that the Negro people are called—in God’s divine providence—to contribute to the good of all...