What is a disciple?
September 2, 2025
“Back to School!” is not just meant for school students, but for every Christian disciple.
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Recent Magazine Stories
Meet Father Travis Seagraves
September 2, 2025
A Q&A with the diocese’s most recently-ordained priest.
A Pilgrimage to Windsor
September 2, 2025
The July 13 pilgrimage was not only a celebration of Marian devotion, but also a reflection of the global Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope, declared by the late Pope Francis.
Catholic Classrooms: Saint John School, Ashtabula
September 2, 2025
Ashtabula’s St. John School of today is the culmination of a long tradition of Catholic education in the Ashtabula Harbor, beginning as far back as the mid-1800s.
The Good News: September 2025
September 2, 2025
A new Catholic Charities program, plus more good news from around the diocese!
Meet Dennis Biviano
September 2, 2025
Dennis Biviano, the Diocese of Youngstown’s public relations and media specialist, is the kind of guy who always puts his family first. That’s why, after almost 10 years away, the pull of the Mahoning Valley was too strong to ignore—nowhere else could ever really be home.
Why are so many religious orders dedicated to education?
September 2, 2025
It’s hard to overstate just how influential Catholicism has been in education, but why not just one order? Why have so many chosen to focus on education?
About Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta
September 2, 2025
Today, her orders number more than 5,000 sisters and more than 450 brothers, who manage orphanages, schools, shelters, AIDS hospices and charity centers to care for refugees, the blind, the disabled, the aged, alcoholics, the poor and the homeless in 139 countries.
What is hope?
September 2, 2025
It is so easy to assume that each of us already knows all about hope and understands what part hope plays in our lives, but that might not be the case. The Jubilee will carry much more weight for Catholics if we all understand hope better.
From the Archives: Vocations in 1960
September 2, 2025
This 1960 Catholic Exponent shows Father Frances Snock, assistant pastor at Saint Matthias in Youngstown, viewing the display put together by ninth graders at the parish junior high school.
Stuffed Veal Rolls
September 2, 2025
This recipe, authored by Oblate Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sister Valentina Fatibene, can be found in the Pilgrims of Hope: Reflections and Special Recipes from the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus cookbook.
From the Editor: September 2025
September 2, 2025
What makes Catholic education so special?
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