Who is a Priest?

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Samuel Jian Xuan Ng, University of Texas, Austin Catholic priests are a distinct sign of contradiction in our world today. The priest who wears a clerical collar sticks out in the crowd. But what distinguishes a priest from a layperson? Priests serve many roles in the Church. Many are pastors at a parish, serve […]

Testimony: Why I am Catholic

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Ben Daly Labelle, University of Rhode Island Why am I Catholic? The easy answer would be that I was raised that way and that it is easy to make Catholicism a cultural identity. But it goes deeper than that. At some point in every Catholic’s life, they have to decide whether to make this […]

Infant Baptism Explained

Reading Time: 4 minutes Written by Glennamarie Rivers (Mount St. Mary’s) | Edited by Ariel Hobbs The following was a college essay written by Glennamarie Rivers. It has been edited and approved by Ariel Hobbs. If you have a Theology essay that you would like published that received a grade of an A- or higher, please be sure to […]