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A journal and publishing platform animated by a central question: Who is tomorrow’s American Catholic, and how is their understanding of themselves, their faith, and their church evolving in time?

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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The State of the Church, interview with Fr. Thomas J. Reese www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/the-state-...
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The State of the Church with Fr. Thomas J. Reese
Listen now | A conversation with the Jesuit priest, journalist, and senior analyst for Religion News Service.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"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 church." Fr. Cornelus Uchenna Okeke on "a theology of reciprocal mission": www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/from-missi...
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From Mission Fields to Mission Partners: Reciprocal Mission and the Exchange of Gifts in a Changing World Church by Fr. Cornelus Uchenna Okeke
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 church.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Jesus showed not only by words but also by his behavior that he advocated and manifested diversity, equality, and inclusion: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/jesus-and-...
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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.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Latest podcast with interspiritual pioneer Kurt Johnson looks at the history of the interspiritual movement, Catholic contributions to a “deep ecumenism,” and how we might “pilot out of a place of deeper assets” to build a better world: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/deeper-ass...
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Deeper Assets with Kurt Johnson
Listen now | A conversation with the renowned scientist and interspiritual pioneer.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
On Nicholas Worssam's "In the Stillness, Waiting," from @litpress.bsky.social: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/breathe-ch...
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Breathe Christ Always by Michael Centore
On Nicholas Worssam's "In the Stillness, Waiting: Christian Origins of the Prayer of the Heart"
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In the latest episode of our podcast, we speak with Robert Nicastro of the Center for Christogenesis about evolutionary theology—a keynote interview for Tomorrow’s American Catholic! www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/cosmic-ame...
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Cosmic American Catholic with Robert Nicastro, Ph.D.
Listen now | A conversation with the executive director of the Center for Christogenesis.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“Any moment can become liturgical when the community encounters the Holy Creator together, even under a tree or on a mountain.” A conversation with Sr. Leonida Katunge of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/liturgy-sy...
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Liturgy, Synodality, and Sacramentality in the African Church
A conversation with Sr. Leonida Katunge of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
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From Potential to Expression
Newsletter for December 19, 2025
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Reintroducing TAC: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome to Tomorrow's American Catholic
An introduction for new and returning readers.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
"The role of the first stage of life is to create a solid ego structure. The task of the second half of life is to allow it to die so that the true self can be resurrected." An essay on "falling upward" into a new vocation: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/fall...
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Falling Upward: Exploring the Two Halves of Life and a Vocation to the Ministry of Education by Michael Bennett - Today's American Catholic
It is important to remember that suffering is not a sign of failure, but a necessary part of the journey towards spiritual growth.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
"The more one senses love in his and her heart, mind, actions—whole sitz im leben and daily life experiences—the more is one, in fact, loving God." Gene Ciarlo on panentheistic prayer: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/god-...
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God Is Love, without Condition by Gene Ciarlo - Today's American Catholic
It would seem to me that we pray to and love God only when we learn to love and love deeply.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Along with 14 other "synod pilgrims," Patricia E. Clement of the Pentecost Vigil Project will be in Rome this week for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies. We're excited to share her introductory report here: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/a-pi...
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A Pilgrim’s Adventure: Rome and Synodality by Patricia E. Clement, D.Min. - Today's American Catholic
The first in a series of reports from the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies being held this month in Rome.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"There’s a need to find the point where Life 1 and Life 2 intersect. I sit and read / about Dante’s exile and think polarization has always been with us . . ." A poem by Jeannine M. Pitas: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/sept...
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A Poem by Jeannine M. Pitas - Today's American Catholic
"There’s a need to find the point where Life 1 and Life 2 intersect."
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"We must refute our culture’s presumption that all problems are caused by an individual’s defect." A column by William Droel, timed to the release of Leo's apostolic exhortation on love for the poor: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/pove...
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Poverty Is More Than Lack of Money by William Droel - Today's American Catholic
We must refute our culture’s presumption that all problems are caused by an individual’s defect.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
"It wasn’t an abstract sense of justice that made me invite her to live with me. It was something about who she was." Jeannine M. Pitas on the mutual gifts of Christian hospitality: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/sayi...
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Saying Yes by Jeannine M. Pitas - Today's American Catholic
It wasn’t an abstract sense of justice that made me invite Valentina to live with me. It was something about who she was.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
"'Christness' sheds light. It never obstructs. It never is out for itself. 'Christness' seeds itself. It pours one toward another in goodness and goodwill." Wally Swist on "experiencing Christness": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/expe...
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Experiencing Christness by Wally Swist - Today's American Catholic
In trying to imitate Christ, we begin to actively love Christ.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
"Paradoxically, by withdrawing from the world in humble contemplation, we create the space for another to be herself." Dr. David Torevell on the paradigm of the wounded healer: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/woun...
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“Wounded Healer”: How Helpful Is This as a Paradigm for Those Teaching and Working in Catholic Education Today? by David Torevell - Today's American Catholic
By aligning our own wounds with the wounds of Christ and sharing in his redemptive suffering, we will be given the strength and know-how to the wounds of others.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This week at TAC: Chris Byrd on a new film on the life of Maximilian Kolbe, William Droel on Fr. Isaac Hecker, and a poem by Fr. Gerard Garrigan, OSB: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/we-a...
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We Are All Poles Now by Chris Byrd - Today's American Catholic
The debut film of director Anthony D'Ambrosio tells the story of the saint and martyr Maximilian Kolbe.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
On August 27, panelists at the "Thou Shalt Not Steal" forum at @desalesuniversity.bsky.social discussed the effects of clean-energy budget cuts on workers, the economy, and the environment of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/clea...
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Clean-Energy Cuts Decried at DeSales University Forum by Mark Pattison - Today's American Catholic
Panelists discussed the effects of budget cuts on workers, the economy, and the environment of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"There are different definitions of love. The kind of love equated with God is the epitome of love." Gene Ciarlo on the practice of panentheism and "look[ing] at everything in this world as coterminous with the love which is God": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/god-...
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God Is Love, on Condition by Gene Ciarlo - Today's American Catholic
There are different definitions of love. The kind of love equated with God is the epitome of love.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"To unleash the Spirit within our church, we need to welcome the discomfort of difficult dialogues about privilege and power": Leslye Colvin on resisting the sins of anti-Black racism and white supremacy: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/the-...
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The Faithfulness of Black Catholics in the Promise of Christ Resurrected by Leslye Colvin - Today's American Catholic
Catholic institutions must learn to recognize and resist the sins of anti-Black racism and white supremacy.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"There is one category of voter that is hardly ever mentioned: the category of the faith voter, and the Catholic voter in particular." Patrick Carolan on how the Democratic Party ignores Catholic voters at its own peril: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/mixe...
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Mixed Messaging by Patrick Carolan - Today's American Catholic
The Democratic Party continues to ignore Catholic voters at its own peril.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
"Human religion is not separate from this planetary process but is the way the Earth becomes conscious of its own spiritual dimension." Ilia Delio on "a complete reimagining of Christianity" (with thanks to Center for Christogenesis): www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/is-c...
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Is Christianity in Crisis or Transition? by Ilia Delio - Today's American Catholic
Human religion is not separate from this planetary process but is the way the Earth becomes conscious of its own spiritual dimension.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
"The Trappists join their Buddhist counterparts by refusing to dispose of anything and by recycling everything, thereby transforming waste into flowers": Patrick Henry on "the vow of dialogue": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/taki...
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Taking the Vow of Dialogue by Patrick Henry - Today's American Catholic
Rather than being alone in solitude, one becomes aware of a unity of spiritual endeavor that encompasses all faith traditions.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"Hayden wants a church community that comes together to figure out how to be more active in mind, body, and spirit": Douglas C. MacLeod Jr. on @joshuarhayden.bsky.social's "Remissioning Church" (@ivpress.bsky.social): www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/over...
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Overcoming Inertia by Douglas C. MacLeod Jr. - Today's American Catholic
A new book offers a vision of a more nimble, adaptable church that can be experienced "with fresh eyes and fuller hearts."
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
William Droel on how the new pope's namesake, Pope Leo XIII, revised his opinion on a labor organization with the help of an American cardinal: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/pope...
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Pope Leo XIII and the Knights of Labor by William Droel - Today's American Catholic
How the new pope's namesake revised his opinion on a labor organization with the help of an American cardinal.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"You don’t have to give much to help God’s poor who are still poor after Christmas. I can verify that the more I have given away as a resource person, the more God drops into my lap." Sr. Lou Ella Hickman on performing the works of mercy year-round: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/avoi...
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Avoiding the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas Rush in July by Sister Lou Ella Hickman, OVISS - Today's American Catholic
“Everybody” gives between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I believe we are called to be more than Everybody.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"Culture is the matrix that provides societal and historical context to interpret and live the gospel message." O'Neill D'Cruz explores the worldviews of two cultures—reverence and violence—using story, history, and poetry: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/a-ta...
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A Tale of Two Cultures: Reverence and Violence by O'Neill D'Cruz - Today's American Catholic
Exploring the worldviews of two cultures—reverence and violence—using story, history, and poetry as tripartite reflections.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
"Our theology must speak the truth for our time. It cannot be lost in the past, the product of another age which no longer makes sense." Gene Ciarlo on how "Jesus understood his ministry in terms of setting people free": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/the-...
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The Word Became Flesh and Dwelt Among Us: Jesus for Our Time by Gene Ciarlo - Today's American Catholic
Jesus understood his ministry in terms of setting people free.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Our pleasure, @mah47.bsky.social, thank you as always for sharing your work with us! 🙏
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The two-day conference "Human Fraternity in a Divided World" presented a series of conversations about literature through the lens of Fratelli Tutti: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/foun...
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Found in Translation by Maryanne Hannan - Today's American Catholic
The two-day conference "Human Fraternity in a Divided World" presented a series of conversations about literature through the lens of Fratelli Tutti.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"Each poem opens new understanding and depth for the reader. They provide the reader with various angles of appreciation of the wealth of Sacred Scripture, from Eve to Job to Lazarus." Charles Dahm, OP, on Philip Kolin's "Evangeliaries": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/the-...
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The Fruits of Contemplation by Charles W Dahm, O.P. - Today's American Catholic
Philip Kolin’s poems help us look at life differently and understand in new ways the realities we often take for granted.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
"The leadership style that Jesus taught and modeled was neither about command and control, nor status and power, nor persecutions and shadows. It was a matter of character. A character that loved and served all": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/by-w...
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By What Authority by Maree Sobolewski - Today's American Catholic
There is a chasm of difference between the leadership style of Jesus and that of the present U.S. administration.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Deborah Kispert on "Discipleship Quads": "Participating in this small faith community has fostered self-awareness and self-reflection but also elicited support and accountability": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/disc...
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Discipleship Quads: Cultivating Spiritual Intimacy in a Small Faith Sharing Community Experience by Deborah Kispert - Today's American Catholic
Participating in this small faith community has fostered self-awareness and self-reflection but also elicited support and accountability.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
"The supernatural content of Christianity is being gutted before our very eyes and replaced with idols": Gregory Fox on how contesting visions of the Magnificat from two 20th-c. French thinkers give a window onto the current state of church affairs: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/veno...
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Venom or Scandal?: The Magnificat and Two Visions of Catholic Politics by Gregory Fox - Today's American Catholic
Contesting interpretations of the Magnificat from two 20th-century French thinkers give us a window onto the current state of church affairs.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Patrick Carolan on how a nun's gesture at Pope Francis's funeral sparked a conversation on the role of women in the church: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/brea...
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Breaking Protocol by Patrick Carolan - Today's American Catholic
A nun's gesture at Pope Francis's funeral sparks a conversation on the role of women in the church.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
As the incarnation fundamentally changed our human nature, did the resurrection do the same for our experience of time? Our latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/todaysam...
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Ascension Time
Newsletter for May 30, 2025
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Dialogue with members of the Hizmet movement helps an Italian secular Franciscan realize the promise of Nostra Aetate: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/the-...
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The Second Vatican Council: A Builder of Bridges by Attilio Galimberti - Today's American Catholic
Realizing the promise of Nostra Aetate through dialogue with members of the Hizmet movement.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
"Our libertarian culture now reduces all behavior to the art of the deal. An alternative culture of responsibility and mercy awaits creative types to devise necessary rituals." William Droel on renewing the sacrament of reconciliation: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/conf...
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Confession: the Abandoned Sacrament by William Droel - Today's American Catholic
Participation in the sacrament of reconciliation has declined in recent years. Is there a way to revivify the practice?
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
As the papal conclave begins today at the Vatican, members of church-reform groups are preparing themselves spiritually, emotionally, and practically for the direction of Pope Francis’s successor: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/as-c...
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As conclave begins, reform groups prepare for Pope Francis's successor by Michael Centore - Today's American Catholic
Organizations including FutureChurch, Root and Branch, and the Women's Ordination Conference sponsored initiatives and events connected to the conclave.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
An international panel organized by We Are Church gathered on May 2 to recognize the accomplishments of Pope Francis and lay out their expectations for his successor: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/inte...
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International panel presents expectations for Pope Francis's successor by Michael Centore - Today's American Catholic
The conference was organized by We Are Church International and featured nine speakers from various reform organizations.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
"The marvel of [religious communities] lies in the frequency with which they actually succeed in doing good despite their shortcomings." Michael E. DeSanctis on a different way of thinking about church: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/a-di...
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A Different Way of Thinking About Church by Michael E. DeSanctis - Today's American Catholic
The marvel of religious communities lies in the frequency with which they actually succeed in doing good despite their shortcomings.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Last evening, the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life hosted "Everything Is Connected: Laudato Si’, Teilhard de Chardin, and Catholic Social Teaching." Panelists reflected on ecological consciousness in the church today: tinyurl.com/zu8jrz9a
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Panel discussion on Laudato Si' and Teilhard de Chardin points to a new type of planetized life by Michael Centore - Today's American Catholic
"Everything Is Connected" brought together four experienced panelists to reflect on ecological consciousness in the church today.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"Perhaps the issue all along is that we have been looking at Nostra Aetate from a theological perspective when we should instead be seeking to understand it as a prophetic call for unity, peace, and oneness": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/04/mutu...
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Mutual Transformation by Patrick Carolan and Michael Centore - Today's American Catholic
Sixty years after its promulgation, how can we answer the prophetic call of Nostra Aetate?
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Valentine Benjamin profiles Fr. Peter Abue, a Nigerian priest whose mission is dedicated to lifting the lives of children and orphans in underserved communities: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/04/the-...
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The Nigerian Priest Who Takes Humanitarian Work Personally by Valentine Benjamin - Today's American Catholic
Even if Jesus cannot once again be with us in the flesh, his spirit can and must come alive in our catechumens.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A prayer on the passing of Pope Francis:
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Maryanne Hannan on "We Carry Smoke and Paper" by Melody S. Gee: "Gee shares her spirit-filled and independent-minded navigation of the [conversion] process in essays that combine personal experience, deep reflection, and wide reading": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/04/entr...
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Entrance of the Catechumen by Maryanne Hannan - Today's American Catholic
In a series beautifully written essays, poet Melody S. Gee weaves together the emotionally fraught details of her conversion to Catholicism.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"Out of the goodness of the act of caregiving, we can eventually discover the 'value of what we affirm and what we do'": Wally Swist on grief and rebirth: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/03/grie...
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Grief and Rebirth: The Dilemma of the Alzheimer’s Sufferer and the Alzheimer’s Survivor by Wally Swist - Today's American Catholic
I’ve come to understand that grief, or at least aspects of it, is sublime.
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Tomorrow's American Catholic @tacjournal.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
We're seeing our new Substack platform as a storeroom or workshop to test, essay, reflect, elaborate, amplify, and share our enthusiasms. Find us here: substack.com/@todaysameri...
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