Feast of the Visitation of Mary
Today (May 31) the church celebrates the Feast of the Visitation of Mary, recalling the event where the mother of Jesus travels to the home of her aging cousin, Elizabeth, mother of John the [...]
May 2018
The Empty Locker
As our senior high school students prepare for their upcoming graduation, their thoughts and memories may begin to turn to the many spaces which defined their experience of high school: The classrooms where they aced tests, debated with teachers, [...]
The Ripe Path
In the reconciliation room of my church hangs a painting of the “Woman Caught in Adultery” crafted by Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS. In that depiction the angry crowd stands to the left and the humiliated woman stands to the right. [...]
Married Love and Devotion
In Part 3 of the Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis reflects on how husbands and wives contribute to each other’s holiness: "The union of husband and wife in holy devotion . . . is the best and most fruitful [...]