Allison Welch

Allison Welch is married with two teenage sons. She teaches high school Theology and is studying for her Masters in Theology along side her husband, who will be ordained as a Deacon in the Catholic Church in October 2015.


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Latest Articles By Allison Welch
The NCAA Basketball Championship Game and the Spirituality of Sports
The NCAA Basketball Championship Game and the Spirituality of Sports
Sitting across the big empty harvest table from each other, one of us says over breakfast, “Do you want to go?” And the other one says, “Let’s do it.” The Virginia Cavaliers were playing in the NCAA Championship for the first time in school history and our connection to the University runs deep. Two generations to be precise.
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On the Problem of Pain
On the Problem of Pain
When I first started teaching I was afraid I wouldn't know the answer. I've come to love the questions I can't answer. For starters, it means the student is thinking, often deeply, about the subject. How exciting.
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Four Approaches to the Birds and the Bees Talk
Four Approaches to the Birds and the Bees Talk
“I love how you call them your kids,” a former student said to me. I hadn’t even noticed I was doing it. When had they gone from being my students to being my kids?...
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Three Things Christians Can't Say
Three Things Christians Can't Say
Recently I have read several articles on social media declaring what Christians should and should not say. They are well meaning articles, rooted in truth and often written by Christians themselves. They are none-the-less concerning. It seems to me that we have shifted from what Christians can and can’t do in the public square to a new level of control that affects language itself
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A Matter of Life and Death
A Matter of Life and Death
I teach high school Theology at a Catholic school. Chapter 2 in the 10th grade Morality textbook is about decision making. What is the process we use to make good decisions? Before we began the chapter I polled students regarding their opinion about the death penalty. Then I sent them into the computer lab to collect some facts.
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What is a Christian To Do? A Glimpse Inside the Mind of a Conflicted Voter
What is a Christian To Do? A Glimpse Inside the Mind of a Conflicted Voter
Let me begin by saying that I am fundamentally and unapologetically Pro-Life. When it comes to the right to life, I believe, at the deepest and truest part of my being, that all life must be valued equally. Every life. No exceptions.
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The Truth About Mary and the Rosary; 1 Witness and 3 Misconceptions
The Truth About Mary and the Rosary; 1 Witness and 3 Misconceptions
As I walked from booth to booth collecting my swag at a Catholic Conference, I got a text message from my confirmand, “Have you ever heard of the Tradition of the Seven Sorrows?”
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Evangelization Elevator Speech
Evangelization Elevator Speech
It’s an interesting premise: You encounter someone new to the area and they are looking for a church. They know you’re Catholic but they don’t know anything about the Catholic Church, so they ask you what the Catholic Church believes. What will you say?
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BE the Church You Want To See in the World
BE the Church You Want To See in the World
Do you have a minute to talk?... I knew I was entering sacred space when she asked me to close the door. “I’m divorced,” she said matter-of-factly, before my backside hit the chair. Her shiny blonde hair hung straight, each glossy strand in perfect place. “I was married for three years before I married Bob. We never had any children…” But the real confession was yet to come...
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Catholic Memory
Catholic Memory
In the intimate setting of a daily Mass I heard the word and it reverberated within, piercing my soul and letting loose a gasp of gratitude: Memory. “Do this in memory of me…” Rooted in the Jewish concept of memorial as practiced at the Passover, it is a different kind of memory, the vivid recall of a past event made truly present and preserved for all eternity; a memory connecting God’s children
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What I Love About the Mass (#2)
What I Love About the Mass (#2)
As I was researching the procession for the previous article I grew in my understanding and appreciation for it. Did you know there is a precise order to the Procession? Of course there is! And it is documented.
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Everything Gets Better
Everything Gets Better
I gently lifted the blue construction paper that had been folded into a sympathy card and hung on the Campus Minister’s door at school. One of the well wishes jumped off the page as though it was spring loaded.
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What I Love About the Mass (#1)
What I Love About the Mass (#1)
The Procession. I love the symbolism.From the very beginning I am drawn into the mystery by the image of the priest guiding the church toward the altar; a father escorting the Bride of Christ to the place where she will become one with the person she desires to be with not only for the rest of her life but for all eternity. Surrounded by family and friends it is a special celebration to be savored
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Why I Am Catholic
Why I Am Catholic
I don’t remember how it came up in conversation but I’ll never forget what was said. It is one of those memories that mysteriously becomes fully present upon recall. A gathering of young mothers starved for adult companionship, sitting around a kitchen table and sharing each other’s lives, nourishing one another with words.
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Of Thee I Sing
Of Thee I Sing
I have a dream that one day this country will rise up and choose the life our forefathers envisioned; that finally we will become a nation where all human life is recognized as created equal, endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit happiness.
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