Years ago, when I interviewed Kathy DiFiore, an exemplary woman who founded a network of shelters in New Jersey for homeless teenage mothers and abused women, she mentioned how the inspiration for her ministry came while she was praying, "Lord, make me a channel of your peace."More
Growing up, many of my family’s summer vacations took place at the ocean. Whenever we could afford it we would head for Cape Cod, New Hampshire or Maine. More
The speaker was a highly sophisticated layman, possessor of a doctorate and professor of theology at a major Catholic university. More
More than 3,000 Hispanic Catholic leaders and others from nearly every diocese in the country will meet in Dallas Sept. 20 for the V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry (V Encuentro) main meeting. More
I’ve been emailing my friend Becky, a newspaper editor in South Dakota, about our growing desire to unplug. More
With the autumn comes the opportunity to begin anew. More
Statements by Pope Francis and American bishops reacting to the church’s sex abuse scandal suggest they are serious about getting to the roots of what happened and doing something meaningful about it. More
Each of our parish sanctuaries is a kind of Noah’s Ark. The Lord has called you to take refuge in it, even as rising waters buffet, rock and flood the earth. In fact, your sanctuary-ark is in some sense the very place of your salvation. More