CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING · PATRISTICS · THOMAS MERTON · SEE-JUDGE-ACT What if the most urgent voices for our fractured, violent, consumption-driven world aren’t modern commentators or social media theologians — but men and women who lived between roughly A.D. 100 and 600? The Church Fathers — those early Christian writers, bishops, monks, and martyrs of... Continue Reading →
Remembering Cyprian Davis, OSB
Remembering Cyprian Davis, OSB 9 September 1930 — 18 May 2015 Monk, Historian, Priest — and Friend There are people who change how you see the world, and there are people who change how you see yourself within it. Cyprian Davis, OSB, did both — for me personally, and for the Catholic Church in America.... Continue Reading →
Are You Connecting the dots between the explosion of data centers and your electric bill? By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction Between 2000 and 2010, electricity consumption in the United States slowed, largely due to increased efficiency—light bulbs, appliances, etc. For example, incandescent bulbs once accounted for the most electricity use before 2000. By 2018, they had slipped to 6th place, behind heating, cooling, and appliances, due to the emergence of efficient LED light... Continue Reading →
Magnifica Humanitas: Today, the Church Speaks to the Age of AI
Today, 15 May 2026 — the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum — Pope Leo XIV is expected to sign his first encyclical. Provisionally titled Magnifica Humanitas ("Magnificent Humanity”), the document is reported to address artificial intelligence, international peace, and what Vatican sources describe as a deepening crisis in international law. If the date holds, it will be one of... Continue Reading →
When Faith Gets Hijacked: A See-Judge-Act Look at Christian Nationalism and Catholic Social Teaching
Many Catholics today are troubled, remembering when being “pro-life” and Catholic meant caring for neighbors and inviting, not judging. How did we get here? How did a movement calling itself Christian come to champion exclusion over welcome, fear over mercy, and power over service? And more importantly, what are we, as people of faith, supposed... Continue Reading →
What Say Ye Brené Brown and Thomas Merton: The Mask We Wear — and What’s Underneath
Here is a question that has a way of stopping people mid-sentence. First, try it on yourself: Are you being yourself right now, or are you performing a version of yourself that you think will be acceptable? Most of us, if we’re honest, have to pause before answering. As you read this, use the See-Judge-Act method on yourself.... Continue Reading →
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