Like many women, Lisa Ruth has strived to achieve a balance between her career and her family.Read More

— 1 —Last weekend we went out of town to what the boys call “The Cousins’ House” to get out of the way so John could get some packing and moving done. (They have other cousins, but the pack of four in one family earns them the formal title “TheRead More

With a new school year upon us, a range of emotions swells in the hearts of teachers and students everywhere.  What will this year be like?  What if...?  Will everyone like me?  How will I get by? I've spent the past eight years teaching English and drama, mostly to high schoolRead More

Estella Chavez said being Catholic is central to her life.Read More

I applaud Christopher Gunty’s editorial, “Nothing new under the sun."Read More

The editor of the Catholic Review “Nothing new under the sun” has little faith in the ability of the secular press to understand matters Catholic.Read More

Today Leo had what we call a Grandma’s Day. He skipped preschool and spent the day with my mother, running errands, playing games, and celebrating at a summer reading party at Aunt Treasa’s library.His little brother happily went to preschool as usual.When I went to pick up Daniel, however, oneRead More

The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play.So we wandered to Deacon’s Bench that rainy day.This clip caught our eyes, but could such a thing be?Making church speak to children is great, but really?This, I think, goes too far—though it’s not in my Church.But I have to admitRead More