A Time to Speak — Unplugging your marriage
byDeacon Derrick: Do you love your smartphone more than your spouse? Do texting, scrolling and posting take priority over your partner? New statistics say…
A Time to Speak
The Good Steward — A Catholic take on democracy
byThe Catholic Church is not aligned with any ideology or political movement. The evidence for this can be seen in the apparently contradictory stands…
A Time to Speak — Seek Jesus’ real presence, even in ordinary moments
byThis summer I had the most profound experience of Jesus’ real presence in the Eucharist. How could I have known what Jesus had in…
Care for Creation — Adopt a sustainable lifestyle
byFrom Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si’ ” encyclical an action platform emerged with seven goals intended to guide our individual journeys to integral ecology. One…
The Good Steward — Keeping the Lord’s Day holy
by“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work; but the seventh day is a…
Mary Magdalene – A saint who was ‘all-in’
byOn July 22nd, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, a woman who was all-in for Jesus. I, too, have a tendency…
Care for Creation — What can we do?
byI remember how excited I was on June 18, 2015, when Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’ ” became available in English. I downloaded it,…
Time to Speak — Making Marriage Work: When a Night Owl Marries an Early Bird
byMistianna: Derrick and I never discussed the fact that he was an early bird and I was a night owl before we married. Why…
The Good Steward — Beatitudes show us how to be happy
by“Blessed are the poor in spirit. Theirs is the Kingdom of God.” — (Mt 5:3; Lk 6:20) What do we need to do to…
A Time to Speak — Help young Catholics feel like they belong
byA 2020 study by Springtide Research found that as the number of trusted adults in a young person’s life increases, his or her reported…