On Valentine’s Day, let’s not feel sorry for our seminarians who have sacrificed what they naturally desire in order to make the uniquely fruitful love of Jesus Christ more real in the world. Let us honor them instead, by...
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Column: Prayer and Action brings mission experience close to home
Pope Benedict XVI teaches that religion without love of neighbor makes our faith arid, and that “only if I serve my neighbor can my eyes be opened to what God does for me and how much he loves me.” As a teen, I had to travel to...
Column: Modern-day saints look to break the cycle of poverty
Back by popular, popular demand is my two article series on “Inspiring Women.”
Column: Job models patience amid suffering
Whether we are enduring physical suffering or financial hardship, or whether we are only trying to put up with the February blahs, we can learn from the patience of Job. His example can encourage us to stick it out, no matter...
Column: Getting The Leaven done is a pressing task
Ah, what would we do without the written word?
Faith, hope and stamina
“He always had a calm about him,” she said. “I think that came from his faith — knowing there is something greater in this world than what we’re experiencing, and that it’s good and will lift us up. He was calm under pressure.”
ACTS allows archdiocese to foster vocations
We are making progress, thanks to you, and overcoming the many obstacles that could possibly discourage the miracle of new priestly vocations being realized in our church.
Column: Religious life is countercultural and radical
If your daughter or granddaughter was going to be profiled in People magazine, wouldn’t you prefer that it be for something as beautiful and heroic as answering a call to religious life?
Archbishop urges Catholics to counterattack on conscience
“This is because an individual now — and Catholic organizations and other church-related [entities] — cannot buy an insurance plan that will not cover certain abortifacient drugs, sterilizations and contraceptives,” he said...
We are family
“Each of them brings their unique professional talents to the school, but it is their values of faith, love and charity that are most significant,” he said. “To be taught by someone who lives his or her faith as strictly as the...