I never expected to be talking to the archbishop about toilets - much less on the radio. But there we were, recording his local weekly show, “The Shepherd’s Voice,” and I was spouting off about how to make and use latrines in...
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Gift Gallery gives new meaning to retail therapy
“The products featured at this event are unique, upscale and fabulous.”
Vocations Day sports new format
The process of discerning a vocation to the priesthood or the religious life can seem very mysterious — especially when you’re in the fifth grade.
Couple’s generosity helps dream come true for rural parish
“Parishioners will get to see their kids and grandkids baptized and married here,” he added. “It’s exciting, because needing to build a new church is a sign of vitality and new growth.”
Foundation honors mom’s memory
“I want to do it,” said Sydney. “It helps me remember everything about her, and I can continue her message she was trying to send everyone: to live life each day like it was your last.”
It makes no sense to be a lukewarm Christian
Yet, we believe even these most precious of human relationships are built upon something even more fundamental and more important: our relationship with God, our relationship with Jesus Christ.
A capital idea
The knock on the door of Dorothy Palmquist’s home on a Sunday afternoon in July 1970 was a surprise. The bigger surprise was who knocked. The three men weren’t salesmen, but two Catholic priests and an archbishop. They weren’t...
Now, why didn’t I think of that?
And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to check out eBay to see just how much this bowling ball ice bucket I have might be worth to TurnStyles.
‘The lessons I’ve learned in the school of suffering’
One day while I was praying in church, a parishioner came up to me, put her arm around my shoulder and prayed, “Dear God, please heal Father Bradley and give me his cancer.” I was incredulous. I looked at her and, with tears in...
Mixed, not shaken
“People say all the time, ‘She’s so lucky to be in your family,’” said Katie. “And I think, ‘She’s no luckier than any of our other children,’” Katie added. “And we’re just as blessed as she is.”