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 start and stop, flutter and falter more than I’d like. I can change plans at...
Q: I understand that the 40 days of Lent do not include Sundays, because every Sunday is a "little Easter" when we remember and celebrate Jesus' resurrection. I hear people say it is "cheating" if one doesn't abstain on...
“Blessed be Thou, my Lord Jesus Christ, who didst foretell Thy death before the time, and in the Last Supper didst wonderfully consecrate Thy precious Body of material bread.” — St. Brigid of Kildare
To help the faithful observe Lent...
After many years of doing research on Hispanic Catholics, one question emerges almost invariably in conversations and speaking engagements: What can our church do to accompany young Hispanic Catholics better?
Not a new question. Church documents and reflections dating back...
At his home in Saginaw, Michigan, 45-year-old John Kraemer spends hours each day at his craft and vocation -- building elaborate models of Catholic churches, then filling them with figures for display at various parishes.
His materials are simple ones:...
The Diocese of Albany, New York, announced March 15 that it has filed for bankruptcy reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
According to a message from Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger that was posted on the diocesan website,...
The St. Pius X Council of the Knights of Columbus held its 18th annual Catholic Youth Chess Tournament at St. Anthony of Padua School in Wilmington on March 11. Fifty-nine students from 11 schools and parishes participated in three...
Sunday Scripture readings for March 19, 2023, Fourth Sunday of Lent
1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41 (Alt. Jn 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38)
Jesus is with us, through everything.
In the middle of...
“O sublime humility! O humble sublimity! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God, should humble himself like this and hide under the form of a little bread, for our salvation.” — St. Francis...
JERUSALEM — The priest-director of the Cultural Heritage Office for the Custodia Terrae Sanctae, or Custody of the Holy Land, in Jerusalem opened a drawer of vestments and casually dropped an unexpected historical tidbit about a clerical chasuble he...