On election night, a dear friend hosted a party. It wasn’t a watch party, in fact, guests were forbidden from mentioning the current election at
I’m continuing the summer series of reflections on the transcendentals as they are brought forth and nourished by artists, intellectuals, and professed religious. This month,
Who do you run with? In terms of other, like-minded Catholic Christians, with whom do you share your faith? We were created for communion with
My parish is dedicated to St. Rose of Lima. We joined in 2020, for a variety of reasons, and have quickly been absorbed into parish
Have you heard the Ryan Bingham song: Hard times they come and they go, and most of the time they’re in the middle of the
We know that the Church honors saints because they give us an example of how to follow the will of God and seek perfection, even
The Book of Acts contains one of my favorite Scripture verses. Just before He ascends to heaven, Jesus promises the disciples He will not leave
Lessons and Stories of the Past Year Over a year has gone by since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. We have been through on
Beginning in the Middle Ages, clerics with similar apostolates began to form communities where they could live, pray, and work together. These communities were the
Music as a superspreader is something musicians have known all along. It’s a superspreader of joy, hope, love, and togetherness. For choir singers and musicians,
The teachings in the Book of Ruth do not feature much in Christian Theology or the Jewish Canon but the history of Ruth is illustrious.
Personal development, or self-help, is a growing area of interest in our society. For proof just browse through your local bookstore for books on mental
As I write this article, the surreal nature of the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) situation is pervading my spirit. It is one thing to read about
What did he want? What could I give him? Actually, we both knew what he wanted, what he needed. He needed some way to live
I never realized just how hospitable Catholic, rural living was until I moved to the woods. All of a sudden I was living the dream.
Readers of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings will notice that the story is haunted by memories of Middle Earth’s past and that its
Seventeenth-century poet, John Donne, first included the phrase, “No man is an island”, in one of his meditations and later composed a poem of the
Something chilling and sinister is going on with the meaning of the word ‘authenticity.’ It’s becoming ever more apparent that ‘authenticity’ is being separated from
In 1964 a young man named Jean Vanier visited an asylum for the disabled at the invitation of a priest friend, who was a chaplain
Churches around the United States are disappearing. Parishes consolidating, dwindling numbers of cradle Catholics that no longer attend Church, mixed signals from the leadership of the
A unique and interesting aspect of Carmelite spirituality and prayer is that we do not look to a founder as a guide but to a
Sunday night, as others are preparing to ring in the new year by getting plowed on mixed drinks, I will most likely be writing
