Children at Mass aren’t Catholics in training. They are Catholics. They are already members of our community. As one of our favorite priests once said, “Children aren’t the future of the Church. They are the Church.”

Abandoning the convictions of one’s conscience in the exercise of one’s public duties is precisely equivalent to “I’m personally opposed but unwilling to take concrete action to instantiate my opposition.”

No matter how many times we may fall or mess up, Jesus is always right there to patiently lift us up, encourage us and give us new strength with his grace and his mercy!

We are at this magical age where we can play family board games with a fair amount of success.

Father Doyle fields questions about the Rite of Betrothal and praying for Pope Benedict XVI at Mass.

I’m always interested in duplicating a favorite dish at home to save a little money—and also because it’s fun to see what we can create ourselves.

Amid the many influential coaches managing editor Paul McMullen encountered or worked with, Renee Buettner was a favorite.

With snow last weekend and more expected this weekend, we are all in snow mode.

Learning to speak and write clearly is essential to success in all the disciplines that young people are flocking to these days.

I was a senior in high school, and I was failing calculus. I had to be. I hadn’t understood a word the teacher had said for months, and I couldn’t recall passing a single quiz.