Associate editor Ava Lalor writes about an ad she recently encountered featuring a friendly robot geared toward helping kids with social interactions and emotional processing. While it seems like a fun product at first glance, ...
Associate editor Ava Lalor reflects on how she easily gets distracted during the Mass: “Despite the fact that I can quote much of the prayers that the priest alone says, I often zone out and ...
Associate editor Ava Lalor addresses the conversation many Catholics are having in regard to the liturgy and the changes that happened after the Second Vatican Council: “As a young adult who grew up at a ...
Threats against Catholic churches are escalating quickly on Twitter. As Ava Lalor writes in her latest column, the protests on Mother’s Day weekend, following the leaked Supreme Court draft indicating that the court may soon ...
Is your phone helping you grow in virtue and find joy in life, or is it more often a distraction? Associate editor Ava Lalor reflects on her own social media usage and poses some questions ...
Last year, in order to honor the Easter season, Ava Lalor shared that she was going to be intentional with honoring the Sabbath. While it didn’t go entirely as planned, she appreciated the effort to ...
In her latest Openers column, associate editor Ava Lalor gives an update on how her Lent has been going. About midway through Lent, a couple conversations helped her to realize that she wanted something more ...
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares a book review of the recent release “Beckoning.” The teen novel follows the story of Tabby Long, a young, non-Christian girl attending a Catholic school. Very quickly, Tabby’s life — ...
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how a conversation with a priest about the homeless in their community has led her to take seriously how to give alms this Lenten season: “During the season of Lent, ...
Earlier this year, Ava Lalor attended and helped facilitate a listening session for the synod of bishops within her diocese: “In case you need a refresher course on what this synod is about, here’s some ...