Making a parish family-friendly is a practical and spiritual undertaking. It both requires a checklist and an examination of conscience.

What we choose to do for our Lenten disciplines should help us make incremental progress toward holiness.

Last week, a few of my colleagues were talking about a work project that just kept hitting walls—little ones, big ones, sometimes confusing ones. When we finish it, we joked, we will have to celebrate. I love marking small wins. When we finally get through it, I said, I’ll treat everyone to coffee. We managed […]

Cremation is now permitted for Catholics, so long as it is not chosen in denial of the Christian teaching on resurrection and the sacredness of the human body.

Do the next right thing and chances are you’ll be doing God’s will.

~1~ Xian nian kuai le! Gung hay fat choy! Happy New Year! The first time our family celebrated Chinese New Year was 2010 when we were new parents. That was the Year of the Tiger—the Gold Tiger. This year is the Year of the Water Tiger. It feels pretty special to be celebrating the Year […]

Fishing stories are always great. And the New Testament is full of them.

The snowy shape was there for days before I spotted it.

We need to be familiar with Mother Mary Lange’s story and share it with everyone, especially with young people.

~1~ The Year of the Tiger starts Tuesday, Feb. 1, and I am not sure I am ready. But don’t worry. I will be. I may have ordered a 40-inch inflatable tiger today. What will we do with it? I don’t know. But I just have a feeling that life might be a little more […]