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Pilgrims of Hope
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the virtue of hope and the analogy of New Years Resolutions. “As with our New Year’s resolutions, it is necessary but not sufficient… Read More
On the Feast of Stephen
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the feast of St. Stephen on December 26 and the carol about “Good King Wenceslaus”: “Wenceslaus may not have been a king in… Read More
I love you; You’re going to die
Today, December 10th 2024, I stumbled upon this draft that was dated August 2023. It is quite something to read what I wrote then, not knowing that five months later,… Read More
The New World and Thanksgiving
Stephen White of Catholic University wrote about Thanksgiving this season: “Gratitude, as I said, is the form of the holiday. And gratitude is best demonstrated when the cause of our… Read More
Making It Personal with Bishop Joensen
Enjoy this broad-ranging conversation between The Catholic Project’s Executive Director, Stephen White, and Bishop William Joensen of the Diocese of Des Moines: https://making-it-personal-with-bishop-william-joensen.simplecast.com/episodes/stephen-white-11-23-2024-Zy_eW_bi
On the Giving and Receiving of Honor
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on Veteran’s Day. “To honor someone is to confer upon them some measure of our own esteem. One cannot give what one does not… Read More
Time, Hope, and All Souls
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the Feast of All Souls: “From the first instant of our existence, everything we experience happens within the inescapable framework of time: our… Read More
The Soloists
Last month, a Dominican priest (Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, OP) and I were invited to record a podcast episode hosted by two women (Diana Brown and Mallory Everton) who are… Read More
What is the Good News?
Stephen White of Catholic University writes in response to the 2024 Synod on Synodality in Rome. “When Catholics go fuzzy about sin, when we obfuscate about what leads us away… Read More
How to be a Missionary Church
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the oddities of patronage among the saints. “One of the delightful consolations of the Catholic faith is that we seem to have a… Read More
Wonder of Wonders
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the experience and practice of wonder. “Such wonder, the unaffected wonder of a child who marvels at the world and the one who… Read More
Imagining the Future
Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on Yuval Levin’s essay, “Imagining the Future,” and applies its insights to the Church. “The point is not that innovation – or development of… Read More