Jill Boughton

Freelance Writer

Jill Boughton holds a doctorate in philosophy from Yale, but writing has always been a central part of her life: even while raising six children and eight foster children. Her books include “You and Your Aging Parent: The Practical Side of Love” (with Julie Walters) and “God's Icebreaker: The Life and Adventures of Father Ted Hesburgh of Notre Dame.” She has written a children's Liturgy of the Word curriculum, together with her husband, John, and ghost-written several other books. She is also a parish catechist.

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You Can Join the Fun at A Catholic Summer Camp Designed for the Whole Family

Instead of sending your children off to camp, how about making camp an experience for the entire family? Catholic Familyland in Bloomingdale, Ohio, is a ministry of the Apostolate for […]

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Bishop Blesses Motels4Now which Houses the Chronically Homeless in the South Bend Area

SOUTH BEND — Motels4Now is a housing-first program in South Bend that was created in August of 2020 that houses the chronically homeless in dignity and helps people move into […]

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Help Your Child Grow in Faith this Summer

When you hear the words “summer camp,” what comes to mind? Tents or cabins, s’mores over bonfires, mess halls, swimming holes, boating, archery, skits, silly songs? How about growing faith […]

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Payton’s Closet: No Excuse for Staying Home from a Dance

“I  was so surprised when Miss Bailey told me not only that the formal dress drive would continue at Marian High School, but also that they would call it Payton’s […]

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Ash Wednesday Mass with Notre Dame Communion and Liberation Community

Bishop Rhoades never has trouble remembering the date of the death of Father Luigi Giussani, founder of the Communion and Liberation movement, since Feb. 22 is also the date of […]

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Ablaze: Turning Young Adults into Missionary Disciples

Ablaze Mission is a Catholic apostolate that “strives to set the hearts of young adults ablaze with the Holy Spirit, who sends them out to set the world on fire […]

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Eucharist: The Incarnation Brought to Completion

Celebrating “First Friday Mass and Clarification of Thought” at Our Lady of the Road Center in South Bend with members of the St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker community and their […]

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Lively Panel Holds Out Hope for a True Culture of Life Post-Dobbs

“We can move with confidence into a pro-life future focused on radical equality,” declared Charles Camosy of Creighton University School of Medicine, one of four speakers on a panel discussion […]

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Cathedral School of St. Matthew Students Meet to Work on Becoming Saints

When Campus Minister John Fyrqvist asks the 50 second, third, and fourth grade students who come to the after-school Chiara Luce Badano Club at Cathedral School of St. Matthew in […]

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Churches and Saints Go Together

In the three kindergarten classes at St. Pius X school in Granger, there is a “letter of the week” with a corresponding “saint of the week” whose name starts with […]

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St. Margaret’s House – A Closeknit Community of Women and Their Children

“What do women do at St. Margaret’s House?” a reporter once asked its founder, Episcopalian Deacon Sarah Tracy. “It’s not what we do,” Tracy shot back. “It’s who we are […]

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OSV Scholars Program Provides a Way to Earn a Master’s Degree

“There hasn’t been a single course I haven’t thoroughly enjoyed,” says Julie Schleitwiler, Director of Religious Education at St. Jude Parish, Fort Wayne, who is in her final semester of […]