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Children and Fruitful Love in Catholic Poetry: Our Third Issue
Celebrate life-giving love, the dignity of every soul, and the beauty of Edenic creation in our third issue: Glimpses of Eden.
LyLena Estabine
Mar 313 min read
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Imagining the Christ the Kid in "Jesus, Eight Years Old"
Before we knew him as Christ the King he was Christ the Kid. Rachel Sakashita delves into what inspired her poem "Jesus, Eight Years Old."

Rachel Sakashita
Feb 102 min read
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Parking Lot Tree (On "Bird Houses")
Camilla Richardson shares her inspiration behind the poem "Bird Houses" and the important yet often underappreciated role of mothers.

Camilla Richardson
Feb 33 min read
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Creating "Family Habit," learning love
Rachel Sakashita takes us behind the scenes of creating the poem "Family Habit," and the mystery of how Jesus learned to love.

Rachel Sakashita
Jan 274 min read
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On “Jack,” A Fable of Family
Eric Cyr provides a glimpse into the process behind writing "Jack" and the meaning therein.

Eric Cyr
Jan 202 min read
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Marriage, Catholic Sacrifice, and Christian Poetry: Our Second Issue
Voice & Virtue's Issue 02 "Covenant Bonds" explores marriage & sacrificial love, from Christ's union with the Church to modern marriage.
LyLena Estabine
Dec 30, 20243 min read
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Small, Frail, and Full of Hope: The Promise of Christmas
Christmas teaches us about expectations and beliefs. It reminds us that God can use the small and frail to fulfill our hopes.
LyLena Estabine
Dec 24, 20243 min read
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"Wicked" is a Conservative movie (and you cannot change my mind)
Wicked exposes free speech issues on campus and problems with big government. That sounds like a conservative musical to me...
LyLena Estabine
Dec 9, 20245 min read
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The Tyranny of Rationality: a reconsideration of the debate between faith and reason
Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published by The Harvard Salient and is cross-posted here with permission. The battle between...

Isaac Jirak
Dec 2, 20249 min read
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No Cheese, No Spice: "Love in the Eternal City" solves the age-old problem of Christian romance
Catholic romance set in Vatican City breaks genre stereotypes, following two broken hearts finding healing, faith & love among Swiss Guards.

Katherine Joyce
Nov 18, 20244 min read
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November is a month for family separated by centuries
The wind is getting colder. Leaves crunch under our feet. It's November again – the month when the Church asks us to pause and remember...
LyLena Estabine
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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Divine Love and Family in Christian Conservative Literature: Our Inaugural Issue
Voice & Virtue's debut: "Sacred Hearth." Explore divine love in the family. Submit by 11/15/24.
LyLena Estabine
Sep 26, 20243 min read
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