Jeanie Hannaman

By Jacob Plante, Catholic Exchange - God is doing something incredible with Gen Z, and secular media is noticing... The same outlets that once confidently proclaimed, “Religion is dying! Young people are leaving churches in droves! Christians to be a minority by 2050!” now seem to be changing their tune... the headlines from mainstream media read more like, “Catholicism sees major resurgence among Gen Z” (Fox News) and “Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse” (New York Post). CNN recently published a podcast titled “Catholicism Is So Hot Right Now. Why?” ...

By Michelle Laque Johnson, CNA - Most people think of St. Maximilian Kolbe as the heroic martyr who traded places with another prisoner in Auschwitz, resulting in a painful death by starvation, but there is much more of the story to tell. What would give someone the courage to do such a thing, and why was this sacrifice not the reason he was canonized?... This special program highlights three historical events that had a decisive impact on Kolbe’s life and his responses, which speak to us even today.

By Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic - We celebrated the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola last week a few weeks ago. That prompted me to consider it a good time to return to one of my favorite prayer tools for Catholic professionals: the daily Examen... Over the years I have had numerous discussions with Catholic businessmen and women around the country about making time for prayer and reflection during the busy work day. People have been interested in how I keep the Jesuit Daily Examen on my calendar, so I am sharing it here along with suggested times.