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May 2025
On Vocational Discernment to my Sisters in Christ

When navigating the wild world of vocational discernment, there seem to be two prevailing strategies. One approach is to keep a meticulous regimen: swiping between dating apps and convent contact pages with disciplined rigor until God’s plan becomes plain. The other is to sit back and prayerfully wait for the …
Our Prayerful Presence: 40 Days for Life

This Lent, Catholics across the archdiocese again joined 40 Days for Life—an annual campaign to pray outside of abortion businesses. This year, going beyond the campaign’s usual daytime hours, Adam Schad and John Beckstedt organized 78 men to fill the nighttime hours, enabling a 24-hour prayerful presence outside the Planned …
A Letter from the interim Editor

From childhood, I felt called to be an artist. I wanted to make things—but not just any things. I wanted to create things that last, because I believed that the best art long outlives the artist. I believed that if the work of my hands didn’t matter, then surely I …
My Plan and God’s Plan

One of the things Pope Francis has said that I have always appreciated is, “God has a sense of humor.” That has certainly been evident throughout my life. There has often been my plan and God’s plan … with the latter always prevailing! I grew up the fourth of six …
Praying for our Priests

I know my pastor well, for a parishioner. My husband and I were friends with him years before he came to our church. Father Anthony’s sense of humor is clever; he keeps a clean house and an even cleaner office; he’s grounded and compassionate; and he’s a movie buff with …
Striving to build something Beautiful

When I was young, a priest spoke of Our Lady with these words: “The greatest prayer you can offer in this life is for the grace to give the Holy Spirit the freedom to do with, in, and through you whatever He wishes, as Our Lady did in her Fiat. …
A Seat at the Table

The Eucharist is more than a sacrament—it is a source of strength amid life’s greatest challenges. For parents raising children with special needs, the Church can be a refuge and a reminder that no one walks alone. Cincinnati resident Laura Nanista knows this well, as she strives to navigate the …
Who are the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi

If you encountered a lay consecrated woman of Regnum Christi, you might not notice anything out of the ordinary—except an extra glimmer of joy. These laywomen took private vows consecrating their lives to Christ. They may wear everyday clothes and look fully immersed in the visible world yet they are …
Becoming Catholic

You’ve heard the call to the Church. What’s next? The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is the process by which non-Catholic adults and children of cat- echetical age, whether non-baptized or baptized in another Christian faith, become members of the Catholic Church. Until recently, this process was called …
Called to Discipleship

In a visually saturated world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and become desensitized to beauty. Visio Divina, Latin for “divine seeing,” encourages us to slow down and engage in visual contemplation, using art as a profound tool for connecting with the Divine. A Guide to Visio Divina Begin by making …