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I spent some time the other day in the ongoing task of sorting through all of Mom’s stuff. So. Much. Stuff. On this particular day, I was going through the contents of her desk. What I found broke my heart.
If you think a novel set in 14th-century Norway has to be dull, think again. Sigrid Undset’s “Kristin Lavransdatter,” far from being a bore, is surely one of the most exciting works of fiction ever — to say nothing of being the finest Catholic novel.
My father suffers from dementia. In the beginning, he would amble along in a regular conversation and lose his place. Usually, he’d find it and come back to the discussion, and we’d all just continue on. Then he began to lose his time. He could remember something, but he didn’t seem to know that his brain was stuck in 1972. Now, he remembers my name, but he struggles with any further details. Conversations stop and start, and memories elude him even when I try to bring them to the light.
BETHESDA, Md. — For three-time Olympian Katie Ledecky, her incredible journey to winning four more Olympic medals at the Summer Games in Tokyo began many years ago and winds through several roads.
A couple weeks before my three sons left for college, I took each to supper. They chose the restaurant, reflecting their personalities: a Thai place, a steak house, a premium burger grill. I picked up the tab, but I wasn't there for dinner. I wanted to talk.
VATICAN CITY — A living faith draws strength from remembering the past while continuing to grow in love of God and service to others, Pope Francis said.
Just in time for the new school year, Marymount University in Arlington transformed the parking lot in front of the Main House into a usable green space.
After being canceled last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the new student luau organized by the Catholic campus ministry at George Mason University in Fairfax returned, drawing more than 800 students to the lawn of St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel for food, music, dancing and games last month.
Going off to college is one of the scariest and most exciting parts of young adulthood. Having gone through it recently myself, and now working closely with college students as a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) missionary, I have found that the first few weeks of a new fall semester are unlike any other experience. Freshmen in college have a unique opportunity to begin to split from their families and to decide what is truly important to them. For the first time in their lives, they have a much freer rein to do what they want. They have so many new choices in front of them: what to study, how to spend their free time, what they will eat for dinner and, more importantly, what faith (if any) they will practice.
The Class of 2025 the largest in the history of the college.
