Tag: saints

We like to think we follow the saints, but sometimes the saints follow us. As I walked home from class in Tours, France, I had...

Sunday Scripture Readings for September 10, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 33:7-9  Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9  Rom 13:8-10  Mt 18:15-20 Jesus asks us to lovingly...

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,...

Q: What is the difference between Orders and Vows? Are nuns actually laypersons? (Glendale, Calif.) A: Holy Orders is the sacrament through which a baptized...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church needs women, especially women saints, who have shown throughout history an unwavering dedication to God and to caring...

"What can our parishes do to combat the sins of racism in the geographical boundaries of our community?" This is a question I am...

I was in the town of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. With a backdrop of two volcanic mountains and facing one of the most beautiful lakes...

WILMINGTON — The seventh grade at St. Ann School learned through a class project that saints come in all ages, and from all eras,...

"Hey, babe, grab the saints blanket, will you?" I called out to my husband. A few moments later, he returned with a black blanket, the...

If you were to walk past my parish on your dark and damp walk on the evening of Nov. 2 in years past, you...