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Father’s Day

Commonweal reflections on fatherhood

By The Editors

June 15, 2022

Domestic Affairs

Article

Who Has the Final Word?

Even if they were about nothing, the fights with my father were real, and always unwinnable.

By Dominic Preziosi

June 18, 2022

Article

Living in the Middle

In both Joseph and Holy Saturday, we are granted images of what our lives are like

By B. D. McClay

March 21, 2018

Theology

Spirituality

Article

Out of Reach

Confronting the sadness and regret of a father’s remoteness

By Peter Quinn

October 4, 2017

End-of-life Issues

Article

Women & Children First

What are some signs of the times that a child-centered politics must address? One critical sign, I propose, is the changing role of the father.

October 5, 2016

Article

The reconfiguration of the American family on a more egalitarian model has not been matched by a reconfiguration of cultural expectations and economic institutions.

Free to Be Fathers?

By Eduardo M. Peñalver

September 4, 2009

Books

Sexuality

Article

Last Word: The Last Leap

In the end, after all, the experience of a Christian death amounts to an act of trust, which is just another name for faith.

November 24, 2014

Article

Centenary of an Assassination

There was an assassination in Ireland a hundred years ago. My father was the assassin.

By Patrick J. Ryan

June 17, 2021

History

Foreign Affairs

Article

Moving Day

There’s nothing easy about watching one’s father drift out of his own life. Alzheimer’s, old age, senility—whatever you call it—is distressing for everyone.

By Jo McGowan

January 13, 2014

Columnists

Health Care

Article

My Father’s Files

My father wanted to remember himself and the world in which he labored. He also wanted to leave a map.

By Dave Byrne

June 30, 2014

Death and Dying

Must Reads

Politics

Donald Trump's New York

Maggie Haberman's book shows how Donald Trump’s New York experience set the context for his odd and sometimes dangerous presidential style.

By Paul Moses

February 20, 2023

Religion

The Anti-Francis Gatekeepers

The death of Cardinal Pell exposed conservative Catholic efforts to secure the reversal of the Francis agenda at the next conclave.

By Austen Ivereigh

January 27, 2023

Culture

Alone in the City

Edward Hopper’s paintings created a New York that conformed to the contours of his own life. His lonely characters strike a familiar chord for any city dweller.

By Robert Rubsam

February 9, 2023