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Called and Consecrated
When I was growing up, we were urged to pray for vocations. That meant to pray for more priests and…
Browsing: Learn & Live the Faith
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Our Catholic School Family
As Catholic Schools Week approaches in our diocese, I find myself reflecting on how we ended up choosing Catholic school…
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My Favorite Christmas Gift
At the pinnacle of the sloping ceiling at St. Cletus Catholic Church (in St. Charles, Mo.), at the center of…
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Reflections for Sunday, January 18, 2015
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (1 Samuel 3:3-10,19; Psalm 40:2,4,7-10; 1 Corinthians 6:13-15,17-20; John 1:35-42) The Importance…
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Using the Catholic Faith As Part of Recovery
Being Catholic is a walk with resolutions. Every confession and examination of conscious ends with the resolve to do better.…
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Among Christian Refugees in Kurdistan, ‘No One is Angry at God’
By Oliver Maksan ERBIL, Kurdistan—”Thank you, thank you, thank you:” Suheila, an elderly Christian woman from Mosul was effusive in…
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Blessed Mother Knows Best
Passing on the faith at home with Marian piety During his installation at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago last November,…
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The Then and The Now
St. Augustine is famously quoted as teaching that our hearts are restless until they rest in God. The word “restless”…
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Saved Through the Flesh
Jesus Christ didn’t save us with an idea, with an intellectual program, no. He saved us with his flesh, with…
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A Preachable Message: The Dynamics of Preaching NFP
When was the last time you heard a priest give a homily that mentioned Natural Family Planning? If you are…