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February 2017

February 27, 2017
Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, last night's Oscars was the most entertaining, least boring ceremony I've...
February 14, 2017
Progress is generally thought of as a good and necessary thing for a society to...

January 2017

January 17, 2017
What do a monk, a high school student, and a tattooed Krav Maga instructor have...
January 10, 2017
(Photo: Police Officer Steven McDonald with the Christopher Award-winning founder of Mychal's Message, Shannon Hickey)...
January 06, 2017
As 2016 ended, the world was shocked and saddened by the passing of many famous...

December 2016

December 20, 2016
Every year when the Christmas season comes around, singer-songwriter JJ Heller is transported back to...
December 13, 2016
"How can I be a Catholic reporter when I hate God?" In Juliann DosSantos’s impressive...
December 09, 2016
Laura Schroff could have easily ignored the 11-year-old boy begging for spare change on the...
December 06, 2016
(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Jesus: The Light of the...

November 2016

November 30, 2016
"It's important to be able to enjoy and be entertained by stories of faith, stories...
November 29, 2016
Dear Christopher Friend, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that...
November 28, 2016
Most people in the United States didn't know anything about Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio until...
November 22, 2016
"Take care of my son." When six-time Emmy Award-winning ESPN producer Lisa Fenn sensed the...
November 16, 2016
(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Humor for the Soul.” If...
November 15, 2016
What do a nine year old girl, a 40-pound cabbage, and 100 vegetable gardens have...
November 10, 2016
It was April 10, 2012, and U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was on his...
November 09, 2016
Yesterday, before any election results came in, actress Kristen Bell, a vocal Hillary Clinton supporter,...
November 01, 2016
Dr. Chuck Dietzen grew up wanting to be St. Francis of Assisi. In a way,...

October 2016

October 26, 2016
(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Leadership in Mercy.” If you’d...
October 11, 2016
An act of Christian kindness doesn't always change someone's life as dramatically as it did...
October 05, 2016
Everybody's heard of the TV series "Sesame Street," but what you may not know is...
October 04, 2016
(Photo property of Katie Driscoll) As the mom of six children, including a daughter with...

September 2016

September 28, 2016
Deacon Don Grossnickle served the Archdiocese of Chicago for many years as a Disability Outreach...
September 21, 2016
Hitler analogies and political circuses may seem like a modern aspect of electioneering, but history...
September 13, 2016
(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Teach Yourself to Think More...

August 2016

August 02, 2016
(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Enjoy the Wonders of God's...

June 2016

June 22, 2016
"We got into this to stop bad things from happening to good people." That's how...
June 21, 2016
(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “Reinvent Yourself to Find Success,”...

May 2016

May 25, 2016
What kind of man intentionally crashes his airplane behind enemy lines during wartime to save...
May 24, 2016
This was the first year that we promoted the hashtag #ChristopherAwards at the ceremony and...
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