Young Voices

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

My father is 82 and dedicated to serving the church; here's what the church can do for him now

Mar 26, 2020

Young Voices: There is pastoral work that needs to be happening, amid the church closures and scramble for priests learning how to livestream Mass. Our church leaders need to reach out to the oldest parishioners.

Shoppers enter a Seattle grocery store March 17 near a sign requesting social distancing, following reports of coronavirus cases in the area. (CNS/Reuters/David Ryder)

As I drown in coronavirus information, here's one thing I want to do

by Mike Jordan Laskey

Mar 19, 2020

Young Voices: Maybe I'll try other self-care things next week, but this is where I'm starting. The threat of a loneliness epidemic is real, but we have blessed technology to at least head that off for a while.

Breathe! In praise of a God of possibilities

by Christian Mocek

Mar 12, 2020

Young Voices: If what I have now is the ability to trust in what's possible, then I have everything.

Election 2020: encountering exhaustion, agony and hope

by Mark Piper

Mar 5, 2020

Young Voices: The young adults I listened to at a recent panel discussion on politics held at Catholic Theological Union choose to engage their faith and our shared political life not through ridicule and criticism but through proclamation and witness. It was a vote of confidence in the future.

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My father is 82 and dedicated to serving the church; here's what the church can do for him now

As I drown in coronavirus information, here's one thing I want to do

Breathe! In praise of a God of possibilities

Election 2020: encountering exhaustion, agony and hope

How would you feel? Lessons in empathy from a 5-year-old

The call to inclusion means we move past our arguments

We all have paper stars of some sort

Racist culture and purity politics get in the way of raising my child

Staying in the moment, even when the moment is repeated

Take a trip to visit the other neighbors

Taking vows of marriage — to myself

The spirit of the West helps me find models of faith

This Advent, may we make room

A Christmas pageant of a different sort

The 25 best prayers of the decade

Let Advent be a time to listen and wonder

5 things to love about Mexico and its paradoxical, enriching embrace

Love separates the social justice advocate from social justice warrior

What I found in the labyrinth

How Simon and Garfunkel settled my years of doubt

We celebrate 'thin places' where meeting occurs

Hateful things flood Catholic Twitter every day. It's still worth saving.

Beyond fear: Befriending the saguaro

We are endangered species, but Franciscan values could save us

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