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In Pádraig Ó Tuama's book, "In the Shelter," he tells a story about a young woman traveling through Europe in the 1980s. In France, she meets a man and falls in love for the first time. They agree to meet at an embassy in Rome the following week, and on the appointed day, she goes there. But he doesn't show up. She goes the next day, and the next, but to no avail.
The church pronounced the year of St. Joseph as an opportunity to grow closer to her patron saint, as well we should. Yet it’s also a chance to more deeply appreciate the men among us who emulate St. Joseph in so many ways — something I’ve tried to do in reflecting on the recent deaths of two great men I knew personally.
TULSA, Okla. — Ahead of a May 30 ecumenical prayer service to recall the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Bishop David A. Konderla said it was important "to pause and reflect on how such an unspeakable horror could take place so that we can avoid any such evil in our own day."
VATICAN CITY — While uncertainty in the world may deter young couples from taking the next big step in their relationships, the vocational call to marriage is a risk worth taking, Pope Francis said.
Read profiles and watch video interviews with the four men ordained to the priesthood June 5, 2021 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington:
Father Thomas J. Lehning has had a passion for theology ever since he studied the relationship between revelation, Christology and faith in Rome in the late 1960s.
Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Deacon Jonathan Smith wasn’t sure what he wanted to do for a living, but one thing he did know was that “I wanted to be a husband and father.”
Deacon Joseph Townsend’s priestly formation began at home as a big brother, even though he didn’t realize it at the time.
Deacon Fioramonti credits his family, coaches and peers with leading him to the priesthood.
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St. Thomas Aquinas was greatly blessed with one of the sharpest minds of any saint in the church. In addition, and more importantly, he was a mystic, a man of deep, deep prayer. His intellect, combined with prayer and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, led him to proclaim in reference to the Eucharist, “O precious and wonderful banquet, that brings us salvation and contains all sweetness! Could anything be of more intrinsic value?"