There is beauty and power in proclaiming our beliefs together in community worship.

I walked over, glanced at the jar, wrote “197” on a piece of paper, and threw it into the container for guesses.

Mercy goes a long way. Criticism gets us nowhere.

I’m trying to take time to marvel at the colors of this season this fall.

An extraordinary devotion to St. Gerard Majella, the patron saint of expectant mothers whose feast day is Oct. 16, came about after a difficult second pregnancy.

We are always manipulated in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. I think specifically of commercials. My overall impression of commercials is that they are designed to make us feel bad about ourselves.  The idea is to get us to buy something we probably don’t need to “feel better about ourselves.” As we watch people in commercials, […]

Today, I’m not feeling grateful for grief. But I am grateful for Eric. And I’m grateful for the good memories that come rushing back when I think of him.

I was excited about going to our nephew’s outdoor wedding, but I was antsy about the weather forecast.

Five years ago, when my sister and brother-in-law were expecting twin boys, I was rooting for them to come on my husband’s birthday. I loved the idea of them all being birthday buddies. As it turned out, our nephews were born the day after my husband’s birthday. God’s plan is always better than mine, and […]

Catholic schools in our inner-urban areas, like the new, state-of-the-art Mother Mary Lange School in Baltimore, are the most effective anti-poverty program the U.S. Church has ever devised — and they serve students from many religious backgrounds.