“If you ask for a raise, you risk excommunication,” an anonymous Vatican employee said. “If you want to be paid for overtime, they look at you like a trouble-maker.”
Pope Francis has written a letter to families, parishes and religious communities in the Diocese of Rome urging them to host young pilgrims during events for youth and adolescents during the upcoming...
In the wake of global controversy over a Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican showing the infant Jesus resting upon a Palestinian keffiyeh, widely seen as a pro-Palestinian statement, that set has...
Nativity Series Part 1 of 6 The nativity blog series is an invitation to “enter into” the manger scene and ponder where you are in relation to Jesus. ____________________ The typical teenage...
___________________________________________ The “Sharing the Faith” Life Teen Blog series features testimonies of core members who find creative ways to live out the Gospel in their unique vocational...
I’ll never forget the question that taught me it’s okay to ask questions, particularly ones about our Catholic faith. As a preteen at one of my very first Edge Nights, I found myself sitting on a...
What comes to mind when you think about raising a teenager in today’s world? Technology overload? Social media addiction? The constant struggle against anxiety and being overwhelmed? It’s easy to...
This book list does not contain the predictable apologetics works. Those books are mostly written for you to read as a believer and be able to convey the truths with clarity and compassion in...
A SONG IS CONCIEVED It didn’t take long for our dinner conversation in July 2022 to find itself deep in the discussion of music, particularly of our own. With a B.A. in music from Rowan University...
Election Prayers: Jump to a Section Elections are stressful. It doesn’t matter if you’re running for office, simply paying attention to an election, or trying to avoid getting swept up in the sea of...
Jump to any section: Spiritual warfare recognizes that the devil is real, evil exists, and each day, these forces attempt to drive us towards living lives of sin. It exists both in the dramatic...
St. Gertrude, also known as St. Gertrude the Great, was a 13th-century German nun of the Benedictine order who belonged to the famous Monastery of Helfsta. Few details of Gertrude’s early life are...