Dan Horan

Daniel P. Horan

Daniel P. Horan is the director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality and professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana. He is also affiliated professor of spirituality at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. His most recent books are Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism (Orbis Books, 2023) and Fear and Faith: Hope and Wholeness in a Fractured World (Paulist Press, 2024). Follow him on Facebook: Facebook.com/DanielPHoranPhD.

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Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell (CNS/Tyler Orsburn); Fr. Bryan Massingale (GSR photo/Dan Stockman)

The Francis Effect podcast: Discussing the election with Simone Campbell and Bryan Massingale

In this episode of "The Francis Effect," Heidi, Dan and David welcome their guests, Fr. Bryan Massingale and Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, to look at the 2024 election and consider: Where do we go from here?

The URL for "He Gets Us" is seen on a display in Las Vegas Feb. 8, 2024, ahead of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers Feb. 11. (OSV News/He Gets Us)

The Francis Effect podcast: Super Bowl ads; Sr. Joyce Rupp talks Lent

Listen: Heidi, Father Daniel and David talk about the "He Gets Us" and "Hallow" Super Bowl ads; cardinals' meeting with women; and recent discussion on priestly celibacy. Heidi also discusses Lent with Sr. Joyce Rupp.

Monastery cloister (Unsplash/Hartmut Tobies)

Is the church listening to the Holy Spirit's call in religious life today?

Perhaps the Holy Spirit is calling us to embrace a larger paradigm shift, says columnist Franciscan Fr. Daniel Horan.

Sr. Helen Prejean's 'River of Fire' a wellspring of wisdom for all Christians