Ad maiorem Dei gloriam [For the greater glory of God], often reduced to the abbreviation, AMDG, was the Latin motto of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. Georgetown Prep is a Jesuit school. So what happened to the D-word? What happened to God? Why did AMDG become AM[D]G while being translated into fundraising English?

We need order and a sense of safety – now more than ever. Mass and other elements of our faith help to provide that. Enjoy the routine!

We must reset our bearings as a nation so that our collective future is not just whatever happens next but a conscious pursuit of our national credo: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

God finds us as he needs us … or rather, as we need him. Let’s continue to browse the appropriate channels of life, tune him in, turn up the volume, and sit back and listen.

“This is the new normal,” people say about this pandemic time. But we do not have to accept the current situation as the new normal.

I’ve been hoping to get a handheld mirror for the days when our deck becomes a barber shop for our family.

The words “Black Lives Matter” ought to remind us that every Black person is made in God’s image and is endowed with inviolable dignity, from the moment of conception until natural death.

Kelly, a Catholic homeschooling mom of five, she has created some resources for homeschooling families.

Father Doyle fields questions about original sin and watching Mass online.

When my birthday comes around, I don’t need lots of presents or cards or fanfare. I don’t have to have a party. I am happy just knowing it’s my birthday.