Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
To contribute to Perspectives, email Jason at: Jason@cta-usa.org
Lent in the Time of Coronavirus: Part 1
Liturgical seasons don’t heed our social circumstances. They move forward like clockwork, again and again and again in an endless repetition that can be both comforting and infuriating.
Advent & Mary's Radical Magnificat
Mary sings out of joy. Her form of resistance is uninhibited celebration.
Dare to Declare Who You Are
St. Hildegard of Bingen wrote, "Dare to declare who you are!" And yet, there are areas of our selves that the Church discourages us from exploring.
Who is the Church, the universal institution?
I find that in practice, when we say “the Church,” we tend to mean the hierarchy’s institution. For instance: “The Church condemns women’s ordination…” We progressives are not much better than conservatives on this.
Stories of siding with Love through life’s messiness…
Today, after many, many difficult conversations, arguments, and much patience she has become a proud PFLAG mom who is working to start groups for Hispanic and Latinx families who have LGBT children.
Academic at Heart
Theology is like an iceberg: most of us only see the tip, but the fullness of what is there is far more vast.
Creating Space for Speaking Hope Amidst the Sin of Domestic Violence
Survivors of domestic violence and sexual violence experience the impact of negative language or words every time someone questions their actions or doubts their experiences.
Diana Marin writes on "Love in a Time of Climate Change"
How can the story we tell about the world move beyond destruction, to the possibility of a more beautiful future, the future we long to inhabit?
The history of accomplicehood that is Pride Month
Solidarity is messy, accomplicehood is messy. It changes the narrative of “I support you” to “I am with you” … “I am willing and I will get my hands dirty with you and for you when you can’t.”
Encountering the Holy at the Threshold
At the opening retreat of this year’s Re/Generation cohort, I met so many others who also found themselves on that threshold. They helped me see that it does not have to be a temporary pass-through.