Three Choices I’m Making Right Now That Give Me Life
I haven’t made it to the stroke of midnight awake on New Year’s Eve for at least the past decade, and during my years working…
Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Social Teaching in Two Minutes
What is Catholic Social Teaching? Why does it matter for our lives today? In Busted Halo’s latest video, we explain the seven themes of this…
Community Service: How You Can Act on Catholic Social Teaching Every Day
During my many years of volunteer service (primarily in hunger relief organizations), I’ve witnessed a frustrating phenomenon. While people (admirably) tend to focus on opportunities…
Lessons From the Water Bucket: Learning About Strength and Struggle in Daily Work
The first time I hauled water, I stopped every 10 steps to catch my breath. I returned to the house with a pounding heart and…
Faith in Action: Resources for Today’s Anti-Racist Catholic
As Catholics, we are called to recognize the dignity of every human life. Scripture tells us we are all made in the image and likeness…
Waste Not, Want Not: Catholic Social Teaching and Reducing Food Waste
“Pass those plates down to the food disposal,” Grandpa would inevitably boom at the end of each meal, scraping sandwich crusts and half-eaten bowls of…
Charity, Justice, and Mass Incarceration: How Visiting the Imprisoned Changed Me
Some things didn’t surprise me during my first visit to a state correctional facility in 2011. When I got involved with Partakers, a College Behind…
Standing Up for Our Beliefs
Last weekend, more than 100 students gathered at St. Clement Parish in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Representing Catholic campus ministry centers from colleges…
Is Immigration Reform Dead?
As I was driving around this weekend, I was listening to a news segment entitled, “Does Immigration Reform Still Have a Pulse?” It was hard…
Laboring for Worker Justice
This Labor Day, many of us across the country will enjoy a day off. We might even pause and celebrate work and labor with our…
