
Helping Hands Together for Haiti
Maureen Crowley Heil
At our recent 200th Anniversary Celebration, many special friends of The Pontifical Mission Societies of Boston were present. Some were regular benefactors; others were missionaries who partner with us ...
Word of the 'living Father'Scott Hahn
The Eucharist is given to us as a challenge and a promise. That's how Jesus presents it in today's Gospel. He doesn't make it easy for those who hear Him. They are repulsed and offended ...
Superheroes can be useful for catechesis on virtues, valuesSister Hosea Rupprecht
What do Rocket Racoon, Superman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman and following Jesus have to do with each other? These super folks have a lot of the same qualities it takes to live authentic Christianity today. The ...
AI cannot ignore respect for human dignityBishop Barry C. Knestout
Prior to discerning and answering my call to priesthood, I was an architecture major in college. Computer-aided drawing didn't exist. While we wrote building specifications on word processors, we ...
The noble posture of a ProtestantMichael Pakaluk
I have known true Protestants. I will tell you my image of one. In the evenings, he sat in his chair in the living room with a book, usually the Bible, but sometimes a work in speculative theology. Sometimes ...
In June, let your garden honor the hearts of Jesus and MaryMargaret Rose Realy
We enter into June, and Ordinary Time, with the sense of sharing the faith and expanding the church. The green of this liturgical season is symbolic of hope and new growth. Seedlings sprout -- those planted ...
The wimps of summerGeorge Weigel
When I dip into life's memory bank for moments of unalloyed joy, the afternoon of Oct. 9, 1966, quickly surfaces. On a brilliant autumnal Sunday, I was sitting with my Grandfather Weigel behind ...
Alternatives to perilous migration journeys from Latin AmericaBishop Nicholas DiMarzio
A recent documentary by CNN featured some of its reporters making the trek through the dangerous Darien Gap -- a jungle that separates Colombia from Panama. The program is a telling view of the lengths ...
A dad mourns in Ordinary TimesLucia A. Silecchia
He was in his mid-80s, the age at which conversations about the things that really matter seemed to flow more easily. Over hot strong coffee in a crowded diner, we spoke of life, its highs and lows, ...
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