In her latest column, assistant editor Ava Lalor writes about how Advent is the beginning of the new liturgical year in the Church calendar. But do we treat it that way, and should we? There is a lot that could be mistaken
Assistant editor Ava Lalor writes that we shouldn’t let the devil steal our peace. This insight came from a recent confession, during which the priest told Ava that when the devil can’t get us to mess up big time, he does anything
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how a new release from the OSV bookstore has been guiding her reflection this fall. In “Living Metanoia: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in Christ,” Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, the president of Fransiscan University of Steubenville, introduces what
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how she’s been to many Catholic weddings, ordinations and professions of vows for women religious over the years. But this year, she was able to check off another ceremony from her Catholic bucket list when a friend
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how she is no longer as intimidated by Saint Teresa of Avila as she used to be. What changed? A new book from OSV, “Women of Hope,” unpacks the four female Doctors of the Church, the first
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares a fact about herself: She has no sense of direction. Despite having a fairly reliable mental map based on landmarks, the cardinal directions don’t offer her much assistance. And unlike people she knows, she’s never been interested
Assistant editor Ava Lalor reflects on two feasts in the month of September: the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14 and the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows on September 15. Looking at the state of the world, she writes:
Assistant editor Ava Lalor reflects on her deep love for sacred music and how it helps her better enter into the Mass. While she prefers attending Mass in the “ordinary” form — the Novus Ordo — she does appreciate how music is
In her latest column, assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how a recent structural problem at her church forced them to celebrate Mass in the school gym for a few weeks. Despite the fact that the sacraments were still available, she was tempted
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares a story about God’s faithfulness. In the middle of July, her younger sister experienced her second knee injury within a year. While the family didn’t know at the time if it was another ACL tear or something