There are faith-sharing groups out there that beckon us. There are food banks and Catholic charities serving the unhoused and the migrant that need our help.
Commentary
A Key Ingredient
For years, I have turned to my next-door neighbor Kathy for help.
Practice the ‘BeDADitudes’
The eight Beatitudes given to us by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount can shed light on a uniquely Christian vision of fatherhood, enabling faithful dads to become fathers after the Father’s own heart
Comfort my people: Unexpected surprises in life
The thing that most of us probably find most challenging is that in it all we are ultimately called to endurance and patience, and to humbly and attentively seek to accomplish what sets itself before us.
A father’s gift
When I think of our Father in heaven, I like to imagine him being a little like my father on Earth – looking at a problem and finding a way to solve it that I can’t see.
Question Corner: Is the parish administrator the same thing as a pastor?
“Parish administrator” is distinct from the office of pastor, but this distinction probably will not make much of a practical difference in your day-to-day experience of parish life.
Yes, it’s our war, too
Putin’s war on Ukraine is a war to reverse the American and Western victory in the resolution of the Cold War.
Asking for human life and dignity protections in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’
Congress could make this “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” less expensive, more advantageous economically and beneficial to the entire community by removing the increased spending on the enforcement-only approach to immigration and moving the bill forward with a stay on deportations of non-criminal immigrants.
Come, Holy Spirit: A Pentecost Reflection
As an adult, though, I lean hard on the Holy Spirit for wisdom, for courage, and for inspiration.
The Acts of the Apostles and ‘The Amazing Race’
Despite every detour, U-Turn and even shipwreck their mission is always the same: to bring salvation in Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth.
A pope for our time
I’ve also had an absolute conviction, from the moment that his papal name was announced, that this pontificate will have an historical significance to rival that of John Paul II’s, Leo XIII’s, and Pius IX’s.
Communicate hope with gentleness
One of my mom’s sayings was, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” This came to mind as I reflected on the message for this year’s World Communications Day: “Share with gentleness the hope that is in your heart.”