A Journal of Catholic Experience

This season, our featured text from the Church's treasury of saints' writings is a meditation on detachment by Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), statesman, humanist scholar, and martyr during the reign of King Henry VIII of England. The text was penned in 1534 while More was imprisoned in the Tower of London, waiting for trial and sentencing for his silence regarding Henry's break from the Church of Rome and divorce of Queen Catherine of Aragon.

From the Tower »

Featured artwork: Detail of The Wayfarer (c. 1510), by Hieronymus Bosch of the Duchy of Brabant.

 

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR ARCHIVES

 

To Whom Shall We Go?

Thomas Peregrin of Washington, DC, describes his path to God as a doubter. First posted November 2010.

 

 

 

Masonry and Modernity

Andy Smith of Columbia, South Carolina, considers one American stonemason's struggle to live in a world impatient with his craft and his yearnings for transcendence. First posted March 2011.

 


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Monotype by Katya Vetrov of New Haven, Connecticut. First posted September 2011.

 

 

 

Organic Sex, Organic Farming

Christopher Killheffer of New Haven, Connecticut, argues that "hippie farmers and diehard, 'rhythm method' Catholics" have more in common than

many realize. First posted March 2011.

 

 

Stillness

A painting by Beata Goik of Toronto, Ontario. First posted June 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EASTER 2012

Prism

A poem by Amanda Olmsted of Virginia. Posted 12 April 2012.

 

This is My Body

Artwork by Beata Goik of Toronto, Ontario. Posted 1 March 2012.

 

 

 

Meditation, Psalm 86

Poetry by Kevin Bezner of Charlotte, North Carolina. Posted 4 March 2012.

 

 

Serenity

Artwork by Beata Goik of Toronto, Ontario. Posted 1 March 2012.

 

 

 

Silence and the Cross

Some Lenten reflections, with theologian Louis Bouyer, painter Mateo Cerezo, and poet Edwin Muir, from the editor's desk in Mainz, Germany. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

 

Liturgy, Literature, and Lisicky's Famous Builder

An essay by Nick Ripatrazone of Lafayette, New Jersey, on the relationship of liturgy to postconciliar Catholic literature, including works not typically included in the Catholic canon. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

Pudeur, Prudery, and Artists

A text selected from the journals of Raïssa Maritain née Oumansov (1883-1960), Russian-born philosopher, and poet of Paris, France. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

An Army Nurse in Iraq

A poem by Philip C. Kolin of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

A Vision of the Ways of Despair

A poem by James Como of New York City. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

"Fair Quiet, have I found thee here"

A poem by Andrew Thornton-Norris of London. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

A Rope of Grace

A poem by Marilyn MacArthur of Concord, New Hampshire. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

The Heart's Pain

A translation of an ancient epigram, by Robert Lennon of Billings, Montana. Posted 19 February 2012.

 

 

Saint Jerome Penitent

A sculpture by Ronald Distajo of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Posted 29 November 2011.

 

 

 

 

Hypostatic Union

A reflection, by Andy Smith of Columbia, South Carolina, on the Incarnation and the impetus toward divine worship. Posted 29 November 2011.

 

 

A Call to Writers, Artists...and Bloggers

An essay from the editor's desk in Mainz, Germany, on some changes for Pilgrim in 2012, and the opportunities they present to you if you have something to share with our growing readership. Posted 29 November 2011.

 

 

Pillar Saint

A short story by David Denny of Cupertino, California. Posted 29 November 2011.

 

 

 

 

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