Every once in a while, I come across a story that stops me in my tracks. Like the Italian high…
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I received an unexpected postcard in the mail the other day from an old friend. It made my day. It’s…
Like a plastic Piggly Wiggly bag fluttering about in the alley, those untethered from God’s natural law are violently tossed…
As Catholic Schools Week approaches in our diocese, I find myself reflecting on how we ended up choosing Catholic school…
Being Catholic is a walk with resolutions. Every confession and examination of conscious ends with the resolve to do better.…
Passing on the faith at home with Marian piety During his installation at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago last November,…
Every year at Christmas time I think of the many people who experience a more acute loneliness that the season…
When was the last time you heard a priest give a homily that mentioned Natural Family Planning? If you are…
Christmas traditions help a family cope after mother passes away In 2005 I lost my wife Joanne after her short…
There is a prevalence of inordinate fear and anxiety in Western culture today. Yet, we are called not to live…