Fear: The destroyer of our Lenten worksElizabeth Scalia
Perhaps fear, after all, is at the root of all sin. I used to think it was selfishness, but it's not. Even selfishness is rooted in fear. We can see this in the early wreckage of our Lenten practices: ...
Scripture Reflection for March 15, 2026, Fourth Sunday in LentDeacon Greg Kandra
1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41 "Now you know the rest of the story." For years, the broadcaster Paul Harvey signed off his daily radio show with that phrase. ...
Is our nation losing its soul?Greg Erlandson
U.S. bishops are speaking up about the treatment of immigrants and the deportation strategy and tactics of the current administration, and their messaging has grown increasingly urgent and concerned. What ...
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and Archdiocesan TelevisionSavannah Miller
Last month, the Vatican announced that they would continue pursuing the canonization of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Archbishop Sheen is remembered for pioneering the use of television to preach to Catholics ...
The Teacher Leader Academy: Invitation and engagementEileen McLaughlin
One point of reflection over the course of my time as superintendent of schools in the Archdiocese of Boston has been to ask myself, "How did I get here?" This reflection has brought me to realize the ...
Catholic Social Teaching: The Wisdom that Calls Us to ActionDeacon Timothy Donohue
The 17th Annual Social Justice Convocation begins at 8 a.m. on March 14 at Boston College High School. This annual tradition began in 2009 under the leadership of Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley, Msgr. ...
Are we just checking the box?Michael Reardon
Catholic schools are at their best when they help bring the Gospel to life -- not simply by teaching Scripture and what the Church believes, but by making the Gospel and Church teaching accessible. Each ...
Cardinal O'Connell on ProhibitionRebecca Maitland
Almost 100 years ago, on Feb. 13, 1926, The Pilot published its weekly issue with the headline "Cardinal Condemns Principle of Universal Compulsory Prohibition." The accompanying article continues by ...
Scripture Reflection for March 1, 2026, Second Sunday in LentDeacon Greg Kandra
Gn 12:1-4a Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2 Tm 1:8b-10 Mt 17:1-9 So what are we doing on a mountaintop in the early days of Lent? Just last week, we were with Jesus in the desert, as he faced temptations ...
The bid to succeed Archbishop WilliamsViolet Hurst
120 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1906, Bishop William H. O'Connell was named coadjutor bishop of Boston with the right to succeed Archbishop John J. Williams. Behind the scenes, there had been a years-long ...
