Young Voices

Young Voices columnists are Catholics in their 20s and 30s who share their views of the church and the world.

Justice David Souter in 2009 (Flickr/Harvard Law Record/Matthew Hutchins)

Souter's approach to Constitution parallels Ignatian discernment

Jul 19, 2018

Young Voices: Like David Souter's weighing of multiple constitutional goods, we are sometimes forced to choose between two fine choices or two less-than-ideal options.

Would Jesus invite President Trump to a steak dinner?

by Christian Mocek

Jul 12, 2018

Young Voices: The greatest example we can set for our children is to invite, share the table and break bread with those who believe different things, even things that are against what we believe to be right.

Dorothy Day offered herself as she was to God

by Clare Coffey

Jul 5, 2018

Young Voices: The folk hero treatment of the co-founder of the Catholic Worker reduces her as surely as does the plaster statue approach, but her granddaughter's book about her uses the needle of family memory to puncture that narrative.

Everyone forgets about Mary Oliver's grasshopper

by Mark Piper

Jun 28, 2018

The poet famously asked, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Now that I have reached the age of 30, the question has turned into an examen.

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Souter's approach to Constitution parallels Ignatian discernment

Would Jesus invite President Trump to a steak dinner?

Dorothy Day offered herself as she was to God

Everyone forgets about Mary Oliver's grasshopper

Parish becomes intercultural

To break versus to break open

Build a legacy: Take first step and get moving

5 fascinating podcast episodes for your thoughtful summer leisure

Rhythms and routines in ordinary time

What does it mean to be father to a son in the age of #MeToo?

At Met Gala, high fashion meets high church: two parties with similar sins

A 2018 happiness thread to keep my misanthropic heresy at bay

Call for creative communion

Millennial philanthropy can teach Catholic Church three things

Life is never normal for those of us who believe

Easter joy: A happy runner is a fast runner

Holy Week with a toddler and a newborn

The trouble with attacks on political correctness

Prepare for the unanticipated in your wild and precious life

'Lady Bird' inspires memories of Catholic high school and the sisters

Thoughts on women in ministry, in a bit more than two sentences

Lent requires us to lean into God, embrace the missing pieces

Joe Kennedy's State of the Union response is the Christian response

Should a Catholic watch the Super Bowl? A moral theologian weighs in

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