October 2023

Vol 192
No 10

October 2023

Vol 192
No 10

From the Editors Desk

Issue 1: Pray, Educate, Act

At a recent archdiocesan Communications Workshop, the November ballot’s Issue 1 and its implications were brought forth as a topic of discussion. A priest made one point very clear: We need to talk about this...

Columns

Seek the Lord for October 2023

In the Gospel according to St. John, Jesus emphasizes that He came so we might have fullness of life (cf. Jn. 10:10). Most significantly through His Paschal Mystery, but also through every aspect of His...

Busca al Señor para Octubre del 2023

En el Evangelio según San Juan, Jesús subraya que vino para que tuviéramos plenitud de vida (cf. Jn 10:10). De manera significativa, a través de su Misterio Pascual, pero también a través de todos los...

Talking About Abortion: Why Our Language Matters

On November 7, 2023, Ohioans will vote to approve or reject an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, proposing to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right. Drafted and financed by militant pro-abortion advocacy groups, the approved...

The Gift of Moral Law

Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (TOB). In the second major part of TOB, Pope St. John Paul II guides us in...

Bellarmine Chapel, Xavier University

St. Robert Bellarmine at Xavier University is both a parish and a university chapel. As late as the 1940s, students (then all men) were not permitted at parish Masses, but attended student Masses as part...

Seeking the Lord in Our Drudge

When I was growing up, my mom would say, “God has a plan for you today, Katie.” Her comment had implications and truth that took decades to sink in. Family life can be monotonous. There...

Satan and the Devil

Do Catholics believe in the existence of Satan? Is Satan the same as the devil? A significant number of Christians do not believe in Satan. They consider him representative of evil, but not an active...

Series

Pregnancy Care Centers: An Antidote to Fear

Every day a scared pregnant woman walks into one of Ohio’s 130 pregnancy help centers. She may not have told a soul she is pregnant, or she may have already been scolded that she is...

Confession of a Catholic Worker

To appreciate Larry Chapp’s new book, Confession of a Catholic Worker: Our Current Moment of Christian Witness, one must understand what he means by “confession.” The book’s central claim is “that as modern Western Christians...

Features

World Mission Sunday 2023

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, In his Message for World Mission Sunday 2023, Pope Francis reiterates a key theme from Evangelii Gaudium: “Today more than ever, our human family, wounded by so many situations...

Values Guide Students

Mercy McAuley High School aims to instill key core values in its students, and evidence indicates it is succeeding. During Lent, the school’s campus ministry sponsored a contest among homerooms to collect the most layettes...

Helping Expecting Women in Need

Seeing a baby for the first time through ultrasound can be life-changing for a pregnant woman in crisis, according to Lauren Purtee, a sonographer at Pregnancy Center Plus in Cincinnati. “Seventy to 75% of our...

Color The Saints