God bless Catholic America

  Né en 1996 dans un quartier populaire de Chicago, l’étrange modèle jésuite est devenu un réseau national de 41 établissements. L’école catholique peut-elle être à la fois lieu de formation spirituelle et laboratoire d’insertion professionnelle ? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇺🇸 Summary Thirty years after its foundation in Chicago, Cristo Rey has become one of the most singular Catholic educational experiments in the United States. Students from families of limited economic resources combine rigorous secondary education with professional employment one day each week, and the revenues generated by this programme contribute substantially to the financing of their schooling. The original Jesuit institution has generated a national network of 41 Catholic schools and more than 3,500 corporate partnerships. Its success nevertheless raises a characteristically American question: can a Catholic school simultaneously cultivate intellectual formation, spiritual identity and social mobility...

  Baptêmes, cours remplis, conférences thomistes et retour des grandes questions : sur l’un des campus les plus prestigieux d’Amérique, le catholicisme semble susciter une curiosité inattendue 🇺🇸 Summary Catholicism appears to be experiencing a renewed intellectual and spiritual visibility at Yale University. A recent testimony from an undergraduate describes crowded courses on Catholic intellectual tradition, growing attendance at lectures and nearly forty members of the university community entering the Church at the last Easter Vigil. This local phenomenon must not be exaggerated into a national religious revival, yet it corresponds with broader signs of Catholic mobilisation among young Americans, including the record attendance of SEEK 2026. The central question is therefore not whether America is becoming Catholic, but why an ancient religious tradition can once again appear intellectually novel to a highly educated generation. Le catholicisme là où on ne l'attendait plus Y...

  Une jeunesse en quête d’absolu ✝️ Saint du jour : saint Barthélemy, apôtre Le disciple sans détour L’Église fête le 24 août saint Barthélemy , l’un des Douze Apôtres, traditionnellement identifié à Nathanaël . Dans l’Évangile selon saint Jean, Jésus reconnaît en lui un homme « en qui il n’y a pas de ruse ». Après avoir d’abord demandé avec scepticisme si quelque chose de bon pouvait venir de Nazareth, Barthélemy accepte l’invitation de Philippe : « Viens et vois. » Son itinéraire résume déjà celui de nombreux convertis : une interrogation sincère, une rencontre, puis une vie entièrement donnée au Christ. 🌎 Résumé en anglais latinisant Renovatio Catholica in American Universities Across nearly sixty American colleges and universities, participation in the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults has risen sharply. The average increase reached 115 percent, while the aggregate number of candidates and catechumens grew by 87.6 percent between the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 academic yea...

  le catholicisme américain et la boxe : des figures historiques au carrefour du ring et de l’église “L’Église dans le coin du ring : boxe et foi en Amérique” Summary From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, boxing was one of America’s most popular sports, and no community embraced it more passionately than American Catholics americamagazine.org . In an era when immigrant Catholic men often struggled for respect, the boxing ring became both a proving ground and a point of pride. Churches, parishes and Catholic organizations sponsored boxing clubs and tournaments, seeing in the sport a way to build character and keep kids out of trouble. Priests donned the trainer’s cap at local gyms, and even a few future champions like Sonny Liston learned the ropes under clerical guidance americamagazine.org . Catholic heroes of the ring – from Rocky Marciano to Gene Tunney – became ethnic icons, celebrated not just for their titles but for uplifting a community’s morale a...