Gretchen R. Crowe, OSV News
Holy Week is a chance to refocus, reflect and renew as...
As we prepare to enter into the most sacred days of the liturgical year, we have a prime opportunity to make up for any...
Don’t despair, we have much to look forward to with joy...
As we flip the calendar to 2024, I must admit the thought of the coming 12 months fill me with a certain amount of...
God is calling our name and if we are listening and...
Our sweetest not-such-a-baby anymore turns 20 months old this month. Like any proud mama, I could write an entire column on John Francis’s adorable...
Suggestions to help us get serious about our own personal Eucharistic...
It’s been almost a year and a half since Corpus Christi Sunday 2022 -- June 19 -- the launch date of the ongoing National...
Synod delegates have a unique opportunity to ‘listen with the ear...
For almost two years, the church has been actively engaged in a process of listening and discernment. Maybe you participated in synod conversations at...
Celebrating ‘a summer of saints’ through shrine visits, CDs, books —...
It’s been a summer of saints for our little family.
By sheer coincidence, thanks to professional and social schedules, during the month of June alone,...
Eucharistic revival starts in our hearts with that first visit, those...
About 15 years ago, a co-worker at the newspaper of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, where I worked for many years, moved to New...
‘Alleluia! He is Risen!’ Easter playlist — Hymns keep our enthusiasm...
“Jesus is risen and we shall arise:
give God the glory! Alleluia!”
It was on the final note of that refrain Easter morning that my almost...
The Easter Octave calls us to celebrate the season past the...
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.”
Easter is here! Alleluia, he is risen! We have made it...
In a breakneck world, the routine of the Catholic church helps...
I have never been good at keeping a routine.
I stay up too late, sneaking every scrap of sleep I can in the morning. I...