Christina Capecchi

 

Christina Capecchi is the author of the award-winning, nationally syndicated Catholic column Twenty Something. It appears in more than 50 diocesan newspapers across the country.

Christina regularly contributes to The New York Times. Her writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, MinnPost.com, and U.S. Catholic, among other publications.

Christina earned her master’s in journalism from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., graduating in the top of her class. She lives in St. Paul, Minn.

Commentary

Parading through homes, tracking the Joneses
Mar 22 2012
Spring is almost here and the sweet home-show season is upon us! Time to inspect the Joneses’ mansion and discover just how far behind we’ve fallen.

Twenty Something: The case for silence
Jan 23 2012
Brian Williams took time from his nightly newscast earlier this month to announce that comedian Russell Brand had filed for divorce from singer Katy Perry, ending a marriage that had barely cleared the one-year mark.

Imagining Mary: Christmas paintings that open our eyes
Dec 08 2011
I’ve been shopping for the perfect Christmas card, sifting through Nativity scenes framed in holly berries and bows.

Giving thanks for ‘all things in good plenty’
Nov 10 2011
When Mary Chilton first spotted the New World in November 1620, the 13-year-old had been aboard the Mayflower for 10 weeks, stuck in the same clothes and cramped in dark, damp quarters among seasick passengers and dying goats. Each family was allotted one storage trunk for all their possessions.

Stained-glass spirituality: the power of Christ’s light
Aug 25 2011
Implementing a Twitter firewall at home is a bit like asking a roommate to hide your Halloween candy.