Tag: vocations

WASHINGTON -- Not a day goes by that identical twins Luke and Ben Daghir don't get confused for each other. It's probably even more confusing...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — You could say Cardinal Justin Rigali has had an altar seat to Catholic Church history. From his youth in Los Angeles to...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador  -- In February 2020, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan embarked on a trip to Cuba at the invitation of...

WASHINGTON — When Liz Dodd was formally welcomed as a candidate for the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace last November, she took part...

"God wants to fulfill the desires of your heart." This was the message that stayed with me after attending a retreat when I was...

"You can perform miracles by touching the hearts of those entrusted to your care." (Meditation for the feast of St. Hilarion, St. John Baptist...

I arrived in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 2007, the feast of St. Francis (my confirmation patron, a detail that escaped me at the...

Sister Virginia Peckham was not a Catholic or Christian as a youngster or young adult. She was married and in her 50s when she began...

It requires a commitment and a calling from God for people to dedicate themselves to prayer, study and work necessary to become a priest. So...

Andy was my sister’s friend and I’d see him from time to time when I came home from college. Nice kid. But then one summer,...