These days, it’s unusual for a newly ordained priest to be assigned as pastor of a parish. And it’s even more unusual for a priest to serve nearly his entire priesthood in one place.
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Column: Make Catholic secondary education a priority in your family
Some months ago, I was on an airplane returning to Kansas City. I was seated next to a man who is a parishioner in the archdiocese.
Quite the racket
Like a lot of teens just days away now from graduation, Christian Boschert has a lot on his mind.
Column: Come down to earth this weekend
The question — “Paper or plastic?” — seems like a rhetorical one nowadays.
When in Rome
Whenever a bishop goes to Rome for his “quinquennial visit ad limina apostolorum,” the top three items on his “must do” list are:
Parish says ‘Bienvenido’ with Irish accent
Tony Valenzuela works only two blocks from St. Patrick Parish here, but his shadow never darkened its door.
Column: God wants us to be happy, pope tells world’s youth
Each year at Easter and Christmas, Mother Ingeborg Rohner, the retired provincial of the Franciscan Sisters of the Martyr St. George, sends me a mechanical toy.
A cause to dine for
Eight of Kansas City’s renowned chefs vied for the chance to battle it out onstage — “Iron-Chef”-style — for the championship here at St. James Academy March 24.
Sing to the Lord a new song
Starting a children’s “schola cantorum” at Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish here was a lot like convincing Dr. Seuss’ Sam-I-Am to expand his culinary repertoire.
Column: Spirit of early church gives life to it still
What miracle have you witnessed lately? Have you watched the sun set, gazed upon the face of a newborn infant, heard the birds sing early in the morning?