Father Doyle fields questions about the Rite of Betrothal and praying for Pope Benedict XVI at Mass.
Commentary
One man’s meat
Learning to speak and write clearly is essential to success in all the disciplines that young people are flocking to these days.
Recovering intimacy in a lonely world
Rather than “Thou shalt not” as its battle cry, the church can offer a genuinely positive vision of “the joy of love,” a holistic understanding of sex and intimacy for a society increasingly despairing about both.
Talking to some young Jesuits about social justice and evangelization
I told my young Jesuit conversation partners that they ought to follow the prompt of our Jesuit pope and go not just to the economic margins but to the “existential margins”—that is to say, to those who have lost the faith, lost any contact with God, who have not heard the Good News.
Mary ever-virgin/Memorial Mass for Protestant?
Father Doyle fields questions about the Blessed Virgin Mary’s virginity and offering Mass for non-Catholics.
A new year, a fresh start
A lot of the typical resolutions have more to do with our exterior than our interior. I’d like to suggest a few resolutions that might improve your spirit and your mind.
Greeting New Year with trust and hope
We step into the New Year with faith that each of us can help make the world a little better.
East-side Samaritans
Catholic institutions in East Baltimore are working to help address the systemic problems that lead to poverty and homelessness.
Reason to celebrate
We have every reason to celebrate both the immeasurable and measurable impact of our faith over this past year through the many and varied ministries of our Church, including the outreach and support provided to nearly 12,000 immigrant families and individuals at the Esperanza Center; the more than 230,000 meals served by Our Daily Bread; the education of more than 30,000 young people in our 70 primary and secondary schools; the nearly 400 people placed in permanent housing; and the assistance and care provided to 1,800 seniors in 24 sponsored senior centers.
Jeers to cheers
Christmas is a chance again to discover who we are. God came into the world in the form of a baby because God always comes into the world that way.
A new St. Nicholas to gather us to hearth and home
Perhaps we need a new, albeit very different, St. Nicholas. Someone who recognizes our poverty, a poverty of attention and time, and can fill our homes and hearts with something far more valuable than more screens and chocolate coins.
Tolkien, Chesterton, and the Adventure of Mission
We Christians don’t stay in hobbit holes; we go on adventure.