Today is known in the non-profit world as “Giving Tuesday.” The idea is pretty simple: GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and …
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We Need Your Help, 1P5ers!
Happy Saturday after Thanksgiving (and feast of St. Andrew), everyone! Advent begins tomorrow, and then its the mad rush to the end of the calendar year as the new liturgical year begins. Here at 1P5, 2019 has been, as usual, …

“If I Am One Day a Saint, I Know that My Journey Out of Indifference Began with You.”
I recently received an email from a reader, and it was one of the most inspiring, hopeful things I’ve seen in a long time. “My name is Cameron,” the reader writes. “I’m a recent college graduate and a rural grade …

1P5 Needs Your Help!
I’ll never forget the night I was sitting at my computer in my office, everyone else in my family was asleep, and I caught a flash of yellow light out the window. When I looked over, I saw the quietest …

“As Catholics, We Need to Speak Out…”
Last month, when I asked our supporters to tell us why they read us and support our work, I was overwhelmed by the responses. We got nearly 200 replies, and I wanted to share some more of them with you: …

As the Battle Continues, We Need Your Help!
An interesting thing has been happening in the world of online Catholic commentary over the past year. Where we once stood among only a scant few outlets crying out about the corruption at the highest levels of the Church, we …
What Will 2019 Bring for Catholics?
Usually, at the beginning of each year, I try to make a prediction about the road ahead. There’s no magic to it: it’s part pattern recognition and part intuition. Last year, I said that I thought 2018 would be the …
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