Essays and Commentary

Peace Outreach by Ray Temmerman

Is it time we return to the value of human touch at the sign of peace?

Feb 6 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

What It Sounds Like by Rosemary Peters-Hill

Our lives are not our own, St. Paul tells us—a verse that seems particularly apropos in the Twin Cities context.

Feb 5 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

From Mission Fields to Mission Partners: Reciprocal Mission and the Exchange of Gifts in a Changing World Church by Fr. Cornelius Uchenna…

The vitality of faith and the abundance of vocations in many parts of the Global South are not anomalies; they are signs of the Spirit’s fidelity to the…

Jan 29 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

Lessons from Amsterdam by Patrick Carolan

What sites of resistance from the Second World War can teach us today.

Jan 23 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

Jesus and Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion by Charlie Gibson

Jesus came on this earth to establish the kingdom of God—in modern-day parlance, the “community” of God.

Jan 21 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

A Lover of Clarity by Angelina M. Medina and Dr. Sarita Melkon Maldjian

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton.

Dec 16, 2025 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

Towards a Franciscan Renaissance: Part II—Founding a Movement by Patrick Carolan

Saint Francis continues to offer an alternative spirituality and way of Christian living.

Dec 1, 2025 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

Reaching the Unreachable by Gene Ciarlo

On the reality of the church as an earthly as well as a spiritual phenomenon.

Nov 25, 2025 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

Violence Itself by Paul Nyklicek

Parasitic violence feeds on the suffering and fears of human beings.

Nov 12, 2025 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

Falling Upward: Exploring the Two Halves of Life and a Vocation to the Ministry of Education by Michael Bennett

It is important to remember that suffering is not a sign of failure, but a necessary part of the journey towards spiritual growth.

Oct 23, 2025 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

God Is Love, without Condition by Gene Ciarlo

It would seem to me that we pray to and love God only when we learn to love and love deeply.

Oct 20, 2025 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

Poverty Is More Than Lack of Money by William Droel

We must refute our culture’s presumption that all problems are caused by an individual’s defect.

Oct 9, 2025 • Tomorrow's American Catholic

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