BH@WYD: Music at World Youth Day
After a week of interviews with pilgrims, priests and nuns, I was beyond excited to be able to play my familiar role as music journalist.…
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I´ve never had a conversation with a nun. In all my years of CCD, making my communion and confirmation, the nuns in my parish just…
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On a Hero’s Journey: Where Christianity and Nerd Culture Collide
Growing up, it wasn’t easy for me to fit in. I was always “weird.” (I still am.) I liked what I liked regardless of whether…
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How Saint Anthony Helped Me Find My Way to the Saints
I’ve been consistently losing things since the birth of my first child—I’ve never lost her, but my mother-in-law once did at JCPenny. Another story for…
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Why I’m Staying Catholic in the Face of the Clergy Abuse Scandal
As the director of campus ministry in a Catholic high school, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the clergy abuse scandal. Most all of…
read moreBH@WYD: Annie Goes to Confession
I haven´t been to confession in 10 years. It´s not that I refuse to go, it´s just something I never thought too much about. One…
read moreBH@WYD: Welcome to World Youth Day
The moment I stepped off the bus in Madrid I was surrounded by a whirlwind of languages. There were people from every country dressed in…
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