Writing for Catholic Stand gives me a tremendous opportunity to explore my faith, and I am grateful to our Editor-in-Chief, Melanie Juneau, and my Managing
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present (Bil Keane, American cartoonist).
Ours is an age of social disruption, isolation, and atomization. Rates of suicide among young people, rich and poor, along with instances of clinical depression
One of the things that opened my heart to a call to the priesthood was my experience of the sacrament of Confession. The liberation my
I dare say most of us have never endured such a time as we live in today. Restrictions on where we can go, what we
We are living the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, specifically the fifth Joyful Mystery in the loss of Jesus, before his finding in the Temple
Catholicism is a faith of signs. We are steeped in a rich tradition of sacraments, those holy expressions of earthly realities that allow us to
It was Easter in the 1970s that I first met my wife. I received a phone call from the local convent asking me to drive
When the doors were locked, where the disciples were … Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Reform of the American medical care system is necessary not only from the perspective of Catholic social teaching but also from the economic standpoint as
“Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful
The coronavirus pandemic has brought about lockdowns, social distancing, self-isolations, forced quarantines which have reorganized our lifestyles. In the early days of this global self-exiling,
I have been fascinated with the images in the Book of Revelation most of my life. New interpretations come out almost monthly with incredibly different
Off the Shelf 174 – Allison Gingras There’s a lot of worry in the world today. Many of us are faced with uncertainty on health, finances,
Like every other social issue before it or concurrent with it, the COVID-19 Crisis calls us to practice justice. Unless we understand justice, we will
Christians consider an exemplary Catholic to be a person who lives out their faith, is active in their parish, has an outstanding character, solid family
During the coronavirus lockdowns, most American state governors have allowed abortions to continue even though John and Jane Public can’t go to work, out to
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
The holy men and women who lived through dark periods of challenge and uncertainty can guide and counsel us with their wisdom. Their words are
Leila Miller’s latest book “Impossible” Marriages Redeemed is really a follow up to her previous book, Primal Loss, which recounts the stories of adult children
The semi-annual 40 Days for Life had to be suspended several weeks ago as a result of the COVID 19 quarantine. At my last shift
Pan’s Labyrinth is about a young girl, who is put to the test of doing evil for the sake of good. (Note: This article contains
