Between Amens — What is your level of spiritual fitness?
byLike approximately 80 million other Americans, I set some fitness goals for the new year. And like about 79 million of them, I would…
Editorials & Commentary
Share the Journey — Language interpreters provide essential services
byMany of us have dreams. Most of us probably fantasize about what we would do if we won the lottery. But I have a…
The Good Steward — St. Joseph is a ‘saint for our times’
byThere are many reasons to be grateful for Pope Francis’s decision to proclaim 2021 as the Year of St. Joseph. The past year was…
Hope in the Lord — Chalking up a new year: A home blessing
byOne of my earliest recollections as a child is the visit from the parish priest at the beginning of a new year. Around the…
Living Mission — A new reality in the church
byChristmas for the English-speaking Catholics in Cambodia was different this year as it was in most places in the world. Cambodia had its first…
Between Amens — Christmas remains in our hearts
byLike many suburban neighborhoods, mine is loosely governed by a homeowners’ association. For an annual fee, I cheerfully subjugate myself to its many regulations…
Cents & Sensibility — Next step toward financial security
by“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin Last month’s introductory column identified the goal…
Share the Journey — Light in the darkness
by2020 was a hard year in many ways, full of defining moments that taught us a lot as individuals, families, communities and as a…
A Time to Speak — A ‘Blue Christmas’ message for the grieving
bySuddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host … praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace…
Science in the Bluegrass — Something beyond the material universe
byJohn Adams, the second president of the United States, surely was no fan of Advent. Writing to Thomas Jefferson in January of 1825, he…