Do you battle bah-humbug? Do you find yourself looking at the festive decorations and rolling your eyes? Do you slam the car door to punctuate your disapproval of all things […]
Battling the bah-humbug in Advent
Sisters vs. nuns and some November saints
Imagine being in front of 3,000 people when you send up a cheer for nuns… …only to realize that the person you were referring to was a religious sister… …and […]
Telling takes courage
“Young people, you have it in you to shout…. Even if others keep quiet, if we older people and leaders keep quiet, if the whole world keeps quiet and loses […]
Bless us, O Lord!
“Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive …“ Why do we pray over our meals? Because we, as a community of believers, learned […]
Mother Frances Cabrini
America’s first saint was an immigrant — who didn’t want to go to the United States. Dec. 22, 2017, marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Mother Frances Xavier […]