Life-Giving Water: Sustaining Creation and Communities (Spring 2013)
Water is a gift from our Creator and vital for life on earth. In this issue of Catholic Rural Life,…
Explore this issueLife & Dignity: Living Our Faith in Rural Communities (Winter 2013)
In this issue of Catholic Rural Life, we feature articles about the links between faith and the dignity of life, both…
Explore this issueA Balancing Act: Joys and Challenges of Rural Ministry (Summer 2012)
In this issue of Catholic Rural Life, CRL (then NCRLC) highlights examples of how priests, women religious, and laypersons are following…
Explore this issueFood and Faith: Why Eating is a Moral Act (Spring 2012)
“Eating is a moral act.” We say this simply because food sustains life. But the world of agriculture is extremely…
Explore this issueRight Relationships to the Land and the People (Winter 2012)
In this issue of Catholic Rural Life, we explore how our faithful relationship to God extends to right relationships with…
Explore this issueCatholic Stewardship of the Land: A Growing Renewal (Fall 2011)
As stewards of the gift of creation, we are called to “till and keep,” to be co-operators with God in…
Explore this issueRenewable Energy: Potential of the Land (Spring 2011)
What does farm-based energy mean for rural communities? This issue of Catholic Rural Life examines this question, but goes further…
Explore this issueOvercoming Poverty in Rural Communities (Fall 2010)
A fundamental moral measure of any economy is how the poor and the vulnerable are faring. The U.S. Census Bureau…
Explore this issueFarm Workers and Migrant Ministry (Spring 2010)
This issue of Catholic Rural Life examines migrant farm workers – those who labor, often through ill-working conditions, to put…
Explore this issueWhat Earth Has Given and Human Hands Have Made (Fall 2009)
The Diocese of Des Moines and CRL (then NCRLC) celebrated the rural visit by Pope John Paul II to Iowa…
Explore this issueCaring for Creation: A call to community (Spring 2009)
In this issue of Catholic Rural Life, we offer insights and reflections upon the urgent need to care for creation….
Explore this issueWorld Food Crisis: What Must We Do? (Fall 2008)
This special issue on the current world food crisis seeks to better understand the underlying causes of the world food…
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