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October 2023	Full of Grace
November 2023	The Profound Importance of Gratitude
December 2023	A Visit from St. Nicholas
January February 2024	Forming Disciples
March 2024	Loving Phoebe
April 2024	Obey God! Our Lady of Lourdes and Healing
September 2023	‘We are all so excited — it’s surreal’
July August 2023	A Necessary Crusade for Christ
June 2023	Words from the Father: Pope Francis Offers Thoughts on Fatherhood
May 2023	Our Blessed Mother: A Radiating Example of Christ
March 2023	Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the Meaning of Charity
January February 2023	The Heart of Catholic Education
December 2022	‘We Are the Hands and Feet of Jesus’
November 2022	Closing Thoughts From a Young Catholic
October 2016	Empowered by the Holy Spirit
September 2016	The Church is our home for forgiveness
July August 2016	My best day as a priest
May 2016	Our mothers - the wellspring of human life
April 2016	Be an ambassador of Jesus
March 2016	Human Rights Come From God
January February 2016	An encounter with mercy
December 2015	Look for Jesus, Mary and Jospeh in the faces of today's refugees
November 2015	Spend Some Time Comforting Others
October 2015	Walk the Journey of Conversion
September 2015	What did Jesus mean when he told us not to judge?
July August 2015	A good priest, a servant priest
May 2015	Visiting the sick
April 2015	To Harbor the Harborless
March 2015	Clothing the naked
January February 2015	Spiritual Hunger
December 2014	Presence, not presents, this Christmas
November 2014	The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
September 2014	Keeping your promises
June 2014	The Church and the Affordable Care Act
June 2012	Faith is reasonable
May 2012	How should we be generous?
April 2012	Justice needs mercy
March 2012	What do we mean by 'justice'?
January February 2012	What is courage?
December 2011	The birth of a child
September 2011	Lay ministers responding to God's call
July August 2011	What is God calling me to be? A step-by-step guide to discernment
June 2011	Do you give the most important gift - time?
May 2011	The wedding feast of the Lamb
April 2011	God gave you gifts – what are you going to do with them?
March 2011	How do we encourage each other to participate in the Church?
January February 2011	How much do you know about what you believe?
January February 2011	A Joyous Home Blessing
December 2010	Joy to the world!
November 2010	Accepting Loss
September 2010	Why is the DYLC so important?
July August 2010	My vocation as a priest
June 2010	What does an engaged parish look like?
May 2010	What is Catholic Education?
April 2010	What does it mean to evangelize?
March 2010	What’s a steward? Are you one?
December 2009	From one magazine to America’s fastest-growing Catholic publisher
October 2009	A year for priests – Please pray for all of us
September 2009	Dear teens...
June 2009	St. Paul The Catholic Apostle
March 2009	The faith’s most famous convert – Saul became St. Paul
January February 2009	Light in Darkness
November 2008	St. Paul a reformed bully
October 2008	Dear Student – Where's God in your life?
September 2008	Theology of change
July August 2008	Can we feel safe?
May 2008	Will the real baby boomer please stand up?
March 2008	The Greatest Generation – at home
January February 2008	Why should we care about our history?
December 2007	Peace In Our Time
November 2007	Patient suffering
July August 2007	“Love one another as I have loved you.”
June 2007	The power of generosity
April 2007	Pleasure, happiness, joy
March 2007	Let go and let God
January February 2007	Stem cell research
November 2006	Heaven, purgatory, hell
October 2006	Don’t worry – be happy
September 2006	To wish, to hope – what’s the difference?
July August 2006	“Vengeance is mine,” says the Lord
May 2006	Faith or reason?
April 2006	Saying goodbye to my mother
December 2005	I was baptized
November 2005	Hurricane Katrina
October 2005	Where does evil come from?
September 2005	Top 10 reasons to join a youth group
July August 2005	Joseph’s miracle at Lourdes
June 2005	A baroque pope?
April 2005	Natural Law
January February 2005	Retired Yet Active
October 2004	Stealing: More going on than meets the eye
July August 2004	Purity of the body is grounded in purity of the soul
June 2004	Does human life belong to us or God?
May 2004	How I honor my parents
April 2004	The Sabbath
March 2004	Use the Lord’s name: as you would the name of a loved one
January February 2004	A journey:
November 2003	Peacemaking is not an easy task
September 2003	How to make major life decisions
July August 2003	Purity of heart and the 6th Commandment
June 2003	What side of the Lord do you stand on?
May 2003	Our hunger and thirst for righteousness
April 2003	Why meekness doesn’t mean weakness
March 2003	Why the beatitudes are a guide to happiness
January February 2003	Who are the ‘poor’ who will inherit the Kingdom?
December 2002	Remembering a forgotten devotion
October 2002	Why true love waits
September 2002	An open letter to teenagers
July August 2002	Families and vocations
May June 2002	The local effects of Pentecost
April 2002	Ethnic parishes help keep faith alive for those in a new world
March 2002	My most powerful and beautiful experience of reconciliation
January 2002	Are you saved?
October 2001	What my sisters mean to me
September 2001	Tapping into a yearning and fulfilling it. That’s youth ministry.
July August 2001	How is retirement going?
May June 2001	My experience of having cancer
April 2001	Did Jesus Really Descend into Hell?
March 2001	Embracing other rites
January 2001	Ecumenical experiences
December 2000	Our Reason for celebration
November 2000	Holiday Time, Family Time
October 2000	Women of the Church
September 2000	The Joy of God
July August 2000	Our American Rights
May June 2000	Where Are You Going?
April 2000	Eternal Easter Visions
March 2000	The Desert Experience
February 2000	Catholics as Evangelists
January 2000	Old Janus and a New Year – looking both ahead and behind