From an apartment in Maple Leaf, Audrey Reuter steals an hour in the quiet of her newborn’s nap. Fresh faced and sacrificial tired, she sits in front of a window with a leafless winter tree behind, rosy cheeks a telltale sign of a household kept warm, the way you do when you have an infant. Today is a stop-shutter moment filled with love and a great sense of duty, vulnerability even. . . .

In this time of COVID and the call for economic and racial equity, join with Catholic parishes and organizations in a day of advocacy for a society in which all people and Earth can thrive.

In this issue: Celebrating the Year of St. Joseph; Is it a sin not to get a COVID-19 vaccine?; Why giving things up for Lent isn't enough.

A career tugboat captain guiding vessels in Alaskan waters, Dan Hannan’s demeanor matches his job: straightforward, cheerful, with a persistent get-it-done attitude. When he retired two years ago, for the first time in decades he found himself staring down time instead of water. . . .