With its announcement of possible reforms, China has implicitly admitted its forty year-old one child per-family policy has been a…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Wisdom 9:13-18; Psalm 90:3-6,12-17; Philemon 9-10,12-17; Luke 14:25-33) What it Means to…
Cicadas at Rest I laid still long enough to see the clouds float by And feel my baby’s breath– almostly…
WONDERFUL simplicity and spirit of compunction were the distinguishing virtues of this holy man. He was chosen abbot of St.…
This Saturday Pope Francis called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace, especially for the rapidly escalating (or…
I’m sort of a sucker for love stories. But then again—aren’t we all? Love is the most basic human need. …
Far too frequently we look around our lives and find so much going so wrong. Sometimes we know what we…
Do you make the Sign of the Cross and bow your head in prayer before eating at a restaurant? On…