“This too shall pass,” my mother says to me, her anxious daughter, for the thousandth time in my life. I know that I am not alone in my dislike (perhaps even fear) of change, my desire to always have a plan, the comfort of having control over situations. I suppose that is, in part, where [...]
The past two weeks have been full of changes, and yet through it all, the my school community remains positive, hopeful, trusting - not in a naive way, but with eyes of faith. Questions that teens often ask include, "where is God in the midst of suffering?" and "why does God allow bad things to [...]
It was a hot August day. In a few days, I’d be moving over an hour away from the town I grew up in so as to begin a new teaching job. Trying to eke out every last minute of summer and the close proximity to my friends, I texted Julia, “hey, are you around?” [...]
A tweet recently went viral that said, “Honestly hadn’t planned on giving up quite this much for Lent.” It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately, the timing of COVID-19, right in the middle of Lent, in which millions of people suddenly find themselves giving things up — whether they wanted to or not. [...]
We’re all called to forgive people, regardless of whether or not they’ve apologized sincerely, or even at all. When someone hurts me, a sincere apology goes a long way. It tends to melt my heart quickly, expeditating my ability to forgive that person. And yet *sigh,* when it comes time for me to apologize to [...]
Anxiety can be a heavy subject. But somehow, GIFs make everything feel a little more light. So here’s a serious article about anxiety and some tips on how to manage it, with a lot of GIFs to make it a little happier. The phrase ‘Too Blessed to Be Stressed” honestly makes me want to punch [...]
Have you heard? The Church has five new Saints, four of whom are women (#FeminineGenius, amiright?)! On October 13, 2019, in St. Peter’s Square, at a Mass with over 50,000 attendees, Pope Francis declared Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes, Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, Cardinal John Henry Newman, Margurite Bays, and Giuseppina Vannini saints. Ok but before [...]
If someone were to ask me, “who is the Gospel for,” I’d tell you the Gospel is for the skeptic, the orphan, the lonely; I’d tell you the Gospel is for the people who are stumbling, running, or limping, down the road to Heaven; it’s for the young, the old, it’s for sinful people who [...]
What I’m about to write about is hard, for many reasons. Many people will have varying ideas about what privilege is, what privileges do or do not exist, what I should or should not mention in this article. Some of you will read this and be left unsatisfied, perhaps even angry. I know that even [...]
“Do you have any questions I can answer for you before your Confirmation?” This is the standard question I ask my sophomores in high school to conclude their Confirmation interview. Typically, I get a quick “Nope, I don’t think so,” or “What time is rehearsal again?” But the young man sitting before me looked up [...]
Caitlin Bean 