The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that the effect of the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation “is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit
Until Vatican II (1965) the Catholic Church carried out missionary activity to convert Jews to Christianity. In 2015 the Vatican said that “it neither conducts
What happened to the New Evangelization? It was all the rage for a while. The term “new evangelization” has been cropping up in papal exhortations
After the recent midterm elections here in America, CatholicVote CEO Brian Burch wrote, “Imagine a candidate for office saying, ‘My goal is to inspire Americans
We are commanded to love God with our whole heart, our whole mind, our whole soul, and with all our strength. That’s a big challenge.
In the movie Annie Hall, written and directed by Woody Allen, an argument ensues involving the philosopher and media theorist Marshall McLuhan. The protagonist, Alvy
At the age of 20, my Dad left college and entered the U.S. Military in World War II. After training as a Navigator-Bombardier in the
These days, everybody wants their rights. In fact, everyone seems obsessed with getting what is rightfully theirs. This admittedly natural and understandable desire pops up
Many, if not most of us, have seen the stereo-typical street preacher on a big city corner telling everyone who goes by that they are,
As we cavort amid an embarrassingly secularized and confused society, unmoored as it stands from the threads of a shared past or the common experience
A great deal has been said of late about the upcoming Synod on Synodality: there have been a lot of positive comments, a great deal
There is a theme out there that makes its way among Catholics regarding evangelization. It goes something like this, “Just focus on your work and
Springtide Research Institute, a newly formed research center that is focused on Gen Z, recently released a study on attitudes of adolescents and young adults
I love to administer the Sacrament of Baptism for so many reasons. We are welcoming a new person into the Church! We are letting the
I still occasionally hear the old platitude of “Love the sinner; hate the sin.” I find, however, that in practice people are often much better
We Catholic/Christians are called to “evangelize.” But for me, the word, evangelize, has always been intimidating. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says that the word, evangelize, is
What is the first thing you do every morning? Check your alarm clock? Check your phone? Do you eat breakfast first? What is the first
I have always been uneasy about the progressive left in our country. They are firm in their obstinate refusal to heed God’s command that we
“That they may all be one as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that
The credit for this article belongs to a parish friend and priest, Monsignor John Halloran, Pastor Emeritus, St. Thomas More Parish, Narragansett, RI. In a
More years ago than I care to remember, I was settling into my seat in my high school Algebra II class when one of my
“Uneducated, ordinary men…companions of Jesus.” (Acts 4:13) That’s how the Jewish leaders characterized Peter and John after they cured the crippled man at “the Beautiful
A few years ago I got involved with a Catholic street evangelization apostolate that sought to proclaim the Gospel in the public square and advance
In February, especially St. Valentine’s Day, many consider this a time for love. Husbands buy their wives chocolates and flowers, children are giving other children
