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Fr. Robert Carlton

Fr. Carlton is a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Before joining the Archdiocese, he served in the Navy and was a high school theology teacher. Currently, he is engaged in pastoral ministry in Chicago.

Latest Articles By Fr. Robert Carlton

Juan Alfonso de Polanco and the Beginnings of the Jesuits

Juan Alfonso de Polanco was appointed by St. Ignatius to be his secretary and primary assistant in March of 1547 and remained in that position through Ignatius’ death in July of 1556. In that role, Polanco made more significant decisions and was involved with more of the substantive running of the Jesuits than anyone apart from Ignatius. What was their relationship?
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Who Is Jesus?

Who is Jesus to you in your life and how can we find Jesus in our day to day realities?
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Finding God in a Changing World

One of the few constants in the world is that things are always changing. How can we respond to these changes in a way that is consistent with what Jesus is calling us to do, especially when those changes involve areas of our lives that have not changed in a long time?
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Bread that Lasts

Why has our material life increased exponentially in recent decades but our level of happiness has decreased by seemingly the same amount? How do we, as Jesus talks about in the Gospel of John, go beyond eating bread and being filled to finding the bread that will endure?
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You Can't Run the Church on Hail Marys: The Paradox of Archbishop Paul Marcinkus

Archbishop Paul Marcinkus of Chicago was one of the more significant yet least understood Vatican figures in the years after Vatican II. Responsible for running the Vatican Bank for over a decade, to some he was an overambitious schemer and to others he was taken advantage of by people in the Vatican. The goal here is to attempt as objective of a portrait of him as possible.
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