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U.S. Catholic ∙ Vol. 75, No. 5 ∙ May 2010

COVER STORY

Men of the same cloth? Parishes react to a new style of priest
With their preference for retro liturgical fashion and their homilies on birth control, today's newly ordained are shaking up the status quo. Christina Capecchi reports on the changes they're bringing in both style and substance.
Sidebar: Priestly people skills
One seminary tries to bring new and experienced priests together. 

EXPERT WITNESS 

It's time to take our medicine
The health care debate pitted not only political parties against one another; it caused an argument in the Catholic family as well. In Expert Witness the Catholic Health Association's Sister Carol Keehan, D.C. explains why the CHA broke with the bishops in support of health care reform.
WEB ONLY! 5 Questions with Sister Carol Keehan, D.C.

A Catholic doctor's Good Samaritan plan
Catholic physician Michael Grady grounds his support for reform among the poor of eastern Oregon.

SOUNDING BOARD

Seniors need some class
Older adults deserve more than bingo from parishes. They're hungry to keep learning about their faith, argues John J. Donovan in Sounding Board. In Feedback readers ask if we are teaching our elders well.

FEATURES

We've got Spirit!
Evangelicals are the cheerleaders of the Christian world, and Catholics could learn a thing or two from them when it comes to rallying the younger crowd, reports Heather Grennan Gary. But we may need to get out of our bleacher-bound comfort zone and into the game.
Sidebar: Catholic with an evangelical twist
Donna Freitas shares four tips to keep in mind when learning from evangelicals.

ESSAY/OPINION

Mother without child
Mother's Day can be downright miserable for women who have no children of their own, but Vinita Hampton Wright has discovered in her own life a broader understanding of motherhood.

Out of sight, out of mind
Seen any priests lately-outside of Mass, that is? Joseph F. Kelly argues that the priest shortage has now become a self-perpetuating problem.

Heart to heart
The devotion to Mary's Immaculate Heart never appealed to her, writes Ginny Kubitz Moyer in Practicing Catholic, until she had her own baby boy.

POEM

Astonishment of heart
U.S. Catholic marks its 75th anniversary this month by revisiting this 1968 poem for a nation in turmoil by Gwendolyn Brooks.

DEPARTMENTS

Editors' Note
You May Be Right Letters
Signs of the Times News
Catholic Tastes
Culture in Context: Reviews
Glad You Asked: What is theology?
At Home with Our Faith
Eye of the Beholder 
Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.

COLUMNS

The Examined Life - Bryan Cones
Don't forget the flowers
Margin Notes - Kevin Clarke
Working for the common grid
Culture in Context - Patrick McCormick
Men with a vengeance
Testaments - Alice Camille
Were we at the same meeting?