If you took part in a Synod Listening Session you are. That’s the estimated number of people throughout the United States who did, according to the national summary that the US bishops …
It’s been interesting the last week watching the familiar rituals of a funeral blown up to world scale in the funeral for Queen Elizabeth. As I write this the “visitation” has just …
A corruption of the Italian maestro di giustizia (or master of Justice), Mastro Titta was the nickname for Giovanni Battista Bugatti. For 68 years, from 1796 until 1864, Bugatti was the pope’s executioner, the …
You probably wouldn’t think to connect a 19th century pope with an American Holiday but Leo XIII and Labor Day are at least related. Leo wrote the encyclical Rerum Novarum (Revolutionary Change) in …
Pictured: Redwood grove in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park That’s what Pope Francis called it in his message asking us to observe the World Day of Prayer for the Care …
This coming Saturday our parish councils will be joining together for a day of prayer and reflection. We’ll be led by Jack Jezreel, a nationally known Catholic speaker and author …
I write this column on Wednesdays. Some Wednesdays I have more than one thing to write about, and I have to choose. Occasionally I can’t seem to think of anything. …
To start off this week’s article, I would like to say “Thank you!” for the wonderful shower of cards, notes, and gifts I’ve received this past week to celebrate my ordination. It made …
Pictured above- Pope Francis prays at a residential school cemetery Pope Francis’ trip to Canada this week began in a cemetery. The cemetery of an Indian residential school. From the …
That is the theme for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. It is from Psalm 92. In the US we celebrate Grandparents’ Day in September, but last …