Sara Perla

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Stronger Families; Stronger Priests

Stephen White reflects on a question that bishops ask about priests when we talk about burnout: Are the younger generation of priests really burned out or do they just not… Read More

Praying the Psalms through Lent

Stephen White of Catholic University writes on the discipline of Lent. “For anyone looking to structure his day around prayer – rather than being content to fit prayer within the… Read More

Leo XIII and our Populist Age

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the problems that led to the election of Trump as President, comparing them to how Pope Leo XIII was compelled write Rerum Novarum:… Read More

The Secret Lives of Nations

Stephen White of Catholic University reflects on the upcoming 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States. “America is no longer young, but neither is she particularly old, at… Read More

Articles on Catholic Dating

Sara Perla, Communications Manager for The Catholic Project, was quoted in two articles recently about the Catholic dating culture. These related to the event that The Catholic Project ran at… Read More

The Vice President, Immigration, and a Way Forward

Stephen White of Catholic University writes on the American immigration system, its problems, and the new administration. “If our immigration laws have been poorly conceived, poorly written, and poorly enforced,… Read More

Stumbling Over the 1960s

Stephen White of Catholic University writes a review of a new book by Timothy S. Goeglein:  Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned into a National Nightmare and How We… Read More

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