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February 2015

February 25, 2015
We Catholics (and especially Catholic Workers) talk a good game about radical living and countercultural...
February 24, 2015
I am the last person who would have expected to agree with Russell Brand on...
February 24, 2015
Rev. Michael Messner, the pastor of Sacred Heart in Lancaster Pennsylvania, a church where two...
February 23, 2015
At one stop a young man entered the subway car and told the priest to...
February 21, 2015
When I was young, my mother called me "The Lent Police" because I not only...
February 17, 2015
This past week here in the church we had a holy hour of adoration. During...
February 16, 2015
God has the best lemonade stand ever. He brings good from the bitterest of experiences....
February 15, 2015
I am getting ready for a big blizzard in Boston after a wonderful week here promoting my...
February 12, 2015
When I lived in the Bay Area in California I visited a women who was...
February 09, 2015
The recognition of Romero's martyrdom is another acknowledgement that "hatred of the faith" is not...

January 2015

January 29, 2015
Paul teaches us how to set out on the road to conversion as olives grafted...
January 28, 2015
Sometimes I wonder if life in the convent is more difficult for me because I...
January 23, 2015
Sometimes everything seems right. God is close. Time seems to wait for me to catch...
January 21, 2015
Muslims want to broadcast a call to prayer at Duke. How should we as Christians...
January 19, 2015
Josh was bullied in high school. Finally, his mother moved him to another high school....
January 17, 2015
I have been a fan of the weekly giveaways at Brandon Vogt's blog for some time....
January 16, 2015
Pope Francis said that he believes there are "limits" to freedom of expression. What did...
January 13, 2015
As Boko Haram, an extremist Islamic group, massacres and razes villages in Nigeria the world...
January 13, 2015
Sometimes it helps to listen to the stories of others to put our own problems...
January 07, 2015
An innocent man is about to be executed in the state with the highest number...
January 05, 2015
I am a fan of practical, attainable New Year’s resolutions. This year I looked to...

December 2014

December 30, 2014
Our world just doesn't know how to stay happy. It knows how to give fleeting...
December 23, 2014
Brian Laline, a journalist for the Staten Island Advance, just wrote a beautiful article about...
December 22, 2014
Many of us, if we are honest with ourselves, will admit that we often put...
December 19, 2014
It's hard to buy something for the person who has everything. It is even more...
December 17, 2014
People are responding in different ways to the Vatican's Apostolic Visitation report that ends a...
December 16, 2014
Do you have loved ones who are away from the Church? Do you want to...
December 11, 2014
It makes me happy to see priests rap. And skateboard. And tap dance. And slam...
December 09, 2014
The timeless Marian prayer reimagined for writers by Sr. Marie-Paul Curley: "My whole being glorifies...
December 08, 2014
Last week, as the sun went down on the vigil of the first Sunday of...
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