If You Don’t Pray Every Day, Start This Advent
We are in the Advent season and I have a proposal to make. The Year of Faith end...
Parents the second time around
Tom and Angie are raising their three grandchildren – Kierstin, Kendra and Jacob...
Typhoon Haiyan
On November 8, 2013, the massive typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines packing ...
Can men and women be just friends?
Can men and women just be friends? Or was Billy Crystal right in When Harry met ...
Monday Morning Alka-Seltzer - December 2013
December 16
Your Word is near,
O Lord our God,
your grace is near.
C...
Be Courageous
Feast Day: Dec. 13
The moral virtue of courage, or fortitude, enables us to s...
A Roadmap for Our Life in Christ The Beatitudes, part II
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave us a roadmap for being his faithful follo...
From Anglican priest to Catholic priest
Father David Reamsnyder and his congregation converted to Catholicism
Father ...
Hecho en México
Celebrate the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe with this delicious Mexican cho...
I feel cheap when my sister overspends
My sister spends too much on Christmas gifts for my kids – way more than I can a...
Why should we pray to saints? Shouldn’t we go directly to God?
Dear Father Joe: My friends who are not Catholic say we should only pray to God ...
A warm welcome for Christ, A warm welcome for us
During these weeks of Advent and the days of Christmas that follow, we will be s...
50th Anniversary of Vatican II
The first major document of Vatican II: Sacrosanctum Concilium
On Dec. 4, 196...
She says: “Our daughter needs to learn what it means to be a parent on her own.”
Sherry says: Our daughter, who is 19, got pregnant with her boyfriend. They have...
Does my right to free speech end at my workplace?
Q. Our employer has told us that we are not to voice our political opinions at w...