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Aspire Magazine: Volume 3, Issue 3, Spring 2022 

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Articles (click to download a PDF)

• Authentic Love is Power
• Love and Fear
• The Paschal Mystery

Classroom Applications

• Loving One Another
• We Are Easter People

Classroom Ideas

• Loving God and One Another

Reflections

• I Say to You, Love Your Enemies
• Love Is Not for the Lovely Alone

Aspire Magazine: Volume 3, Issue 1 (Fall 2021)

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Articles (click to download a PDF)

• Describing and Defining Sacraments
• Sacraments as Signs of Redemption
• Symbols and Rituals

Classroom Applications

• A Sacred Tapestry
• The Meaning of Redemption
• Describing Symbols and Rituals

Classroom Ideas

• Love One Another as I Have Loved You
• Show and Tell

Reflections

• Encountering the Other
• Engagement in the Age of Distance Learning
• Symbols

Aspire Magazine: Volume 2, Issue 3 (Spring 2021)

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Articles (click to download a PDF)

• Virtues
• Calling Forth the Invisible
• Food Ethics: Consuming with Compassion
• You are What you Tweet

Classroom Applications (click to download a PDF)

• Reflecting on "Virtues"
• Reflecting on "Food Ethics: Consuming with Compassion"
• Reflecting on "You are What you Tweet"

Classroom Ideas (click to download a PDF)

• Are You Caring About What You're Wearing?
• Reality Check

 

Aspire Magazine: Volume 2, Issue 2 (Winter 2020)

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Articles (click to download a PDF)

• Responding to Racism
• Reading the Signs of the Times
• The Artist Alive
• Reflection: Servant of God Thea Bowman
   

Classroom Applications (click to download a PDF)

• A Conversation About "Responding to Racism"
• Reflecting on Human Dignity and the Issue of Racism
   

Classroom Ideas/Activities (click to download a PDF)

• The Question of Civil Disobedience
• Prayer Service for Solidarity
• Solidarity Skits

 

Aspire Magazine: Volume 2, Issue 1 (Fall 2020)

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Articles (click to download a PDF)

• Trinitarian Theology Today
• Incarnation: The Mission of the Son
• Pentecost: Mission of the Holy Spirit

Classroom Application (click to download a PDF)

• Trinity: An Invitation to Love & Unity
• What Jesus Taught Us About Love & Unity
• Living Models of the Trinity

Classroom Ideas/Activities (click to download a PDF)

• Discovering Common Ground
• A Moment to Reflect & Pray

 

Aspire Magazine: Volume 1, Issue 1 (Fall 2019)

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• Didn't God Write the Bible?
• Pope Francis's Vision of the Church (Part I)
• Science vs. Religion: The War That Never Was

Classroom Application (click to download a PDF)

• Seven Important Questions for Interpreting the Bible
• Discussion Prompts
• Science & the Bible

Classroom Ideas/Activities (click to download a PDF)

• Weathering the Storms
• Prayer Service

Aspire Magazine: Volume 1, Issue 2 (Winter 2020)

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Articles (click to download a PDF)

• God and Suffering in the Christian Scriptures
• The Importance of Christian Doctrine for Social Change
• Pope Francis's Vision of the Church (Part II)

Classroom Application (click to download a PDF)

• Dorothy Day: Servant to the Suffering
• Reflecting on the Importance of Christian Doctrine for Social Change
• Called to Share in the Mission of Jesus

Classroom Ideas/Activities (click to download a PDF)

• Love One Another as I Have Loved You
• Images of God in Scripture
• Lenten Justice Crosses
• Lent 2020 Challenge: Comfort Those Who Suffer
• God, We Praise You

 

Aspire Magazine: Volume 1, Issue 3 (Spring 2020)

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Articles (click to download a PDF)

• Laudato si': Continuity, Change, and Challenge
• Cosmology and Ecology in Laudato si'  
• Voluntary Simplicity

Classroom Application (click to download a PDF)

• Reflecting on “Laudato si': Continuity, Change, and Challenge”
• Oneness with Creation
• Live Simply

Classroom Ideas/Activities (click to download a PDF)

• Eyes That See
• When Disaster Strikes, We Pray