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Welcome friends! I'm Sara. I am a Catholic lay woman writing about the twin crises of sexual abuse and institutional betrayal in the Catholic Church. I focus on lifting up the voices of survivors and calling my Church to do better. Will you join me?

Jenn Morson is a writer and investigative journalist. Her reporting has focused on the clergy abuse crisis, specifically on issues present at her alma mater, Franciscan University. She also writes about other topics which move her to speak up.

For anyone who loves the Church but thinks Catholicism™ kinda sucks.

Our posts are free to everyone, meaningful, and infrequent. Journey with us.

Expert analysis on the fields of Catholic theology and ministry, explorations of historical theology, commentary on current events, and theological and spiritual reflections.

A dad suspects the divine-created Word always and in all things

In the Third Space we will discuss the good and the ugly in the Church. We will live in the grey—avoiding easy answers and black and white fundamentalism—in order to hold on to all that is true.