She’s 15, he’s 18 – should they date?
Q: Our 15-year-old daughter is interested in an 18-year-old who also likes her. ...
Faith Magazine
Inside This Issue | September 2012
2,200 Passengers, a brave priest, and a ship named Titanic
"May the all-powerful Lord grant us a restful night and a peaceful death.” This ...
What’s the point of asking God for what we want?
Dear Fr. Joe: Why do we ask God for things? Doesn’t he just do what he wants and...
Nobility for Christ
A Message of HOPE
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you ...
What is your relationship to Jesus?
A new parish year begins! A task which has been given to all our parish councils...
I am sick of cleaning up my co-worker’s dirty dishes – I am not the office maid
Q: One of my coworkers keeps leaving dirty dishes on the counter or in the sink ...
Why the Sciences will never Disprove the Existence of God
Given the ruminations of Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, on...
A daily prayer of thanksgiving The Angelus
Diocese of Lansing, Year of Prayer
The Apostle Paul reminds us to “pray uncea...
She says: “The kids are trying hard enough in school.”
Sally says: Sam is putting unrealistic demands for grades on our kids – if they ...
Life after being the bishop of Lansing
As we begin the celebration of the anniversary of the Diocese of Lansing, we tal...
Lessons from the path to holiness: take up your cross
Blessed Teresa, or Mother Teresa, (Aug. 26, 1910 – Sept. 5, 1997) was born Agnes...
My son "unfriended" me. I am hurt.
My 22-year-son, who is away at college, “unfriended” me on Facebook because he d...
Why don’t we have to follow all the laws of the Old Testament?
Why don’t we follow all the laws of the Old Testament regarding circumcision, ko...