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In a small room in Field Projects, a Manhattan art gallery, three punch-needle tapestries hang from banner poles alongside clippings from old newspapers with headlines such as “Textile Workers’ Convention to Call Big Walkout Unless Employers Change Attitude.” The stories beneath those headlines—working-class riots, strikes, victories, and defeats in the railways, factories, a...

Readings (Year A): Acts 1:1–11Psalm 47:2–3, 6–7, 8–9Ephesians 1:17–23Matthew 28:16–20 Reflection: When doubt and worship coexist Today’s gospel reading for the Feast of the Ascension comes from the last five verses of Matthew’s Gospel—a resurrection narrative in which the eleven remaining disciples climb a mountain and encounter the risen Christ. This brief account includes o...

U.S. Catholic has named Emily Sanna as executive editor and Stephanie Clary as the new managing editor, effective May 11, 2026. U.S. Catholic editor-in-chief Claretian Father Ferdinand Okorie said of the new appointments, “Emily has been the mainstay of our ministry as a Roman Catholic media powerhouse. Every role she has occupied since she joined […]

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I recently graded an exam in which a student tried to support their point by quoting scripture: “As the Bible says, ‘They’ll know we are Christians by our love.’ ” The sentiment was admirable, but those words are not found in the Bible: They come from Peter Scholtes’ 1966 hymn of the same title. However, the […]

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Some time ago, while visiting the Art Institute of Chicago, I was struck by Claude Monet’s series of haystacks. What captivated me was not the subject itself but how it changed with the light: morning, dusk, winter, summer. The same form appeared again and again, yet always different. The haystack remained; illumination transformed perception. That […]

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