Teaching Our Faith — Holy Communion – Christ’s Gift to Us
byAs the Archdiocese enters the second year of the nationwide Eucharistic Revival and prepares to return to distribution of the Precious Blood from the…
Editorials & Commentary
A Time to Speak – The constant in life is change
byMany times when Catholics use the phrase “changes in the church,” they assume that the only “changes” that have occurred have happened in their…
Comfort My People — Come, Holy Spirit
byEach year on Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit into the life of the Church. We hear in the Pentecost…
The Good Steward — Synod’s continental phase identifies vital issues
byThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) have published the final document for the continental…
A Time to Speak — Journeying together into the third phase
byThe Synod on Synodality, initiated by Pope Francis in 2021, is comprised of three distinct stages — the diocesan, continental and universal phases. Each…
Living Mission — Sharing our privilege
byLiving outside the United States creates a real awareness of the differences in societies — the various ways things are perceived and understood and…
Between Amens — Reviving a eucharistic culture
bySeveral years ago, during some initial conversations about the Eucharistic Revival, I recall being struck by the use of the word “revival.” For me…
Cents and Sensibility — Finding happiness at work
byLast month’s column celebrated the arrival of pleasant weather with advice to do some “spring cleaning” of your finances. Action items included determining if…
Share the Journey — Where no one is the same and everything happens
byI grew up in a rural part of the country where we were all pretty much the same and where nothing ever happened. Really,…
The Good Steward – Catholic schools: a blessing, not a burden
byDuring the past 50 years, every independent research study on the effectiveness of Catholic education in the United States has shown conclusively that Catholic…