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U.S. Catholic ∙ Vol. 76, No. 9 ∙ September 2011

COVER STORY

Day of recollection
The terrorist attacks of that clear September day 10 years ago changed the world in many ways, writes Heidi Schlumpf in this Reader Survey. What hasn’t changed, however, is U.S. Catholic readers’ resolve to seek a change for the better.

INTERVIEW

Peace by piece
Though the War on Terror rages on, we must turn our efforts to building a just peace, says Maryann Cusimano Love in Expert Witness.

FEATURES

Retro-actives
Millennial Catholics may be young in body, but their souls often seek the spirituality of another era, writes Heather Grennan Gary.

Sidebar: Old habits die hard: The clothes of yore interest young religious

Admission deferred
There are a lot of differences between the mid-century vocation boom and today’s apparent bust, reports J. D. Long-García. For starters, back in the 1950s, no one had $25,000 in student debt.

Sidebar: Hispanics in the pews, not on the altar

ESSAYS

Last rites for St. Wendelin
Even though a church’s lights may stop burning, the faith it inspired in its parishioners still shines on, writes Father Damian J. Ference.

Island queen
Our Lady of Charity did more than deliver three young men from a watery death, says María de Lourdes Ruiz Scaperlanda in Practicing Catholic. She also accompanied a nation as it settled on distant shores.

DEPARTMENTS

Editors' Note
You May Be Right Letters
Signs of the Times News
Catholic Tastes
Culture in Context: Reviews
Glad You Asked: Was Jesus a know-it-all?
At Home with Our Faith  
Eye of the Beholder 
Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.

COLUMNS

The Examined Life - Bryan Cones
Veggie tales

Margin Notes - Kevin Clarke
The wages of war

Culture in Context - Patrick McCormick
All-natural remedy

Testaments - Alice Camille
A word from the wise

Religious communites guide