Where I go to Sunday Mass, the parish has something called a “teardrops ministry”, which is a group that prays for people who have stopped
I graduated from grade school in 1973, coinciding with the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, which was to unleash unrestrained abortion across the United
Over the past decade, my wife and I have been privileged to go on far-from-home pilgrimages, including Montreal/Quebec, EWTN (Alabama), Italy/Vatican City, the Holy Land,
And if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith….and if Christ has not been raised, your faith
In the 5th Century AD, a teenager named Patrick was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland. Though he escaped, Patrick returned decades later as
Ash Wednesday of 2017 fell on March 1. On March 7, my wife and I were on a plane from Newark, New Jersey to Tel
I never tire of looking at the wonderful images of God’s creation, which He gifted Michelangelo to be able to paint on that magnificent Sistine
I have particularly fond attachments to several great male saints. “My boys” as I call them truly embody masculine virtues; they include the patron saints
A fifth century sermon by St. Peter Chrysologus on the Epiphany may hold some surprises for our twenty first century ears: In the mystery of
In the early 2010s, my wife and I frequently drove an hour from Pennsylvania’s Bucks County to the Lehigh Valley, best known to many from
Since the days when Christ and His apostles walked the earth, His Church has experienced a rich history. Competent teachers, authors, lectures, presentations, and the
This evening, I happened to notice a fundraiser which encouraged people to designate a Catholic parish whenever they make an Amazon purchase. While ostensibly helping
What is “Salvation History”? As per the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “51. What is the importance of affirming “In the beginning,
Holy Orders and Matrimony, are directed towards the salvation of others. . . They confer a particular mission in the Church and serve to build
When I was 9 years old in 1968, I did not know any children whose parents were not married to each other. Since that year
A beautiful and inspiring compendium of medical ethics and a call to greatly honor health care via the Gospel of Life, the Vatican’s Charter for
In my teen years in New York, two celebrities played huge roles in raising awareness of the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. Local WABC
Around 7:30 on the morning of September 11, 2001, I came up from the PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson) train station, multiple levels below the
The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls on August 15, which is a Sunday in 2021. While details are not known
Thomas Malthus was an 18th/19th-century Anglican priest whose ideas have been used to back the notion that there are too many people on the planet,
In the so-called sexual revolution of the 1960s, the magnificent vocation of marriage was not properly appreciated, esteemed, and understood. Yet in the face of monumental resistance, Saint Pope Paul
In a recent Catholic Stand article (Why Catholics Need to Return to the Catechism, 6/5/21), Abigal Gripshover called for an embrace/re-embrace of the Catechism and
