Jeanie Hannaman

By Amira Abuzeid, CNA Staff - In what some are calling “the Charlie Kirk effect,” people across the nation, including many college students who are not ordinarily churchgoers, have decided to go to church since the assassination last week of the conservative Christian political activist Charlie Kirk... Matt Zerrusen, co-founder of Newman Ministry, a Catholic nonprofit that operates on about 250 campuses nationwide, told CNA he has spoken with Catholic college ministry leaders throughout the country over the last few days, and “every one of them told me they’ve seen bigger crowds” at Masses and lots of people “they’ve never seen before.”

By Carmelite Sisters, (By Sister Emma Luz, OCD),Integrated Catholic Life - Mother Luisita wrote in her spiritual notes: “What a great joy to have in my company, to possess, to have as my own, Jesus Himself! Who could ever snatch my Jesus from me?”... If we look at this passage from Jesus’ viewpoint, we get a glimpse into the heart of God and His desire. For our desire of God is a pale flicker to the infinite flame of God’s love pursuing us. The Song of Songs has two images, among many others, that describe God’s desire very powerfully. ...