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September 2021

September 19, 2021
So what the hell is cracks in Postmodernity? People keep asking me what this esoteric...

April 2021

April 22, 2021
Mental health and the alarming rise of suicides among young people--most wouldn’t consider these to...
April 05, 2021
The school where I teach spent the summer debating whether or not to attempt a...

March 2021

March 16, 2021
“The Pope said something about gay.” *cue media firestorm* As the author of Ecclesiastes reminds...
March 07, 2021
As a teacher at (what used to be) an all boys Benedictine high school, I’m...

February 2021

February 21, 2021
For reggaeton artist Ozuna, life is an “odyssey.” In a genre that tended to uphold...

January 2021

January 22, 2021
“With God, there’s no one who can keep the phoenix from flying.”  Puerto Rican Reggaeton...
January 07, 2021
Originally Published in Convivium Journal, available for purchase at Amazon My grandfather grasped the chant...

December 2020

December 29, 2020
If there was any plus side to living through a global pandemic, it was finding...
December 26, 2020
Hulu's Ramy is loosely based on the life of Ramy Youssef, who the show stars and...
December 18, 2020
Any sane person would walk away from Martin Scorsese's new film Silence with a profound...

November 2020

November 29, 2020
When teaching Christopher West's Fill These Hearts (a simplified analysis of the John Paul II's...
November 27, 2020
"In music. . . what man pays homage to is something else, something he is...
November 23, 2020
As expected, conservative Christians are up in arms over the first Hallmark Christmas movie featuring...
November 18, 2020
Among the most prominent objections to the strictly allegorical reading of the Song is the...
November 11, 2020
The intended meaning of the Song of Songs has been a matter of contention since...
November 01, 2020
I’ve been on a fiction kick. Ever since finishing my master’s thesis, I find that...

October 2020

October 14, 2020
Albert Thompson is a member of the American Solidarity Party National Committee. He lives in Virginia and is...

July 2020

July 14, 2020
Will Arbery won over critics and audiences with his play Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Through...

June 2020

June 28, 2020
This is the third article in a three part series by NYC-based photographer Felicia DiSalvo....
June 27, 2020
This is the second article in a three part series by NYC-based photographer Felicia DiSalvo....
June 24, 2020
This is the first article in a three part series by NYC-based photographer Felicia DiSalvo....
June 17, 2020
Gender theory is in part a response to the oppressiveness of socially constructed gender norms....
June 12, 2020
Considering the greater anthropological and metaphysical issues at stake here, it’s important to examine the...
June 11, 2020
I’ve been trying to keep up with the diverse array of responses to the release...
June 05, 2020
In his recent book Resisting Throwaway Culture, bioethicist and moral theologian Charles Camosy expressed his...

May 2020

May 19, 2020
The news of my friend Aris’ death immediately brought the memory of our last encounter...

April 2020

April 16, 2020
By Guest Contributor Ian Schaefer  It was a steamy August day in New York when...
April 07, 2020
My latest on being a virtual teacher at Millennial Journal: The pope explained: “Teachers are...
April 04, 2020
Fr. Patrick (Paddy) Gilger SJ is a Jesuit priest of the Midwest Province. In addition...
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