Deacon Tom Cornell, a co-founder of Pax Christi USA as well as the Catholic Peace Fellowship and a decadeslong associate of Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day, died Aug. 1. He was 88.

Given that Pax Christi USA has helped to "revive the concept of Gospel-based nonviolence," the national Catholic peace and justice organization seemed like "a natural fit" for the Dorothy Day ...

This month, our family has been gathering on Sunday nights around an Advent wreath of four candles encircled in garland, and another at the center that we will light on Christmas Eve. Each Sunday ...