Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller writes from Pennsylvania.
For generations, men and women religious have produced products essential to the life of the Church. Without them, our priests would be without beautiful vestments, our altars would be without proper linens, and even more importantly, our bodies would be without the
Various societal surveys report that many believe our culture is as divided now as it has been at any point over the past 150 years. These days, there are divisions between liberal and conservative politics, vaxxers and anti-vaxxers, and pro-life versus pro-choice
Deacon Sutton, a licensed psychologist, is a permanent deacon in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Soon after Deacon Sutton was ordained in 1999, he learned of two children who were denied First Communion because they were on the spectrum. “I was very surprised
In a series of articles exploring how priests, deacons, and men and women religious live out the corporal works of mercy, writer Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller profiles two monasteries that are dedicated to giving drink to the thirsty while helping to fund their
In Iowa, Trappist monks manage the state’s second largest privately owned forest within their 1,800 acres. The land produces high-quality prized lumber, and the black walnut trees are considered some of the best. From that forest comes the business, Trappist Caskets, that
What does it mean to clothe the naked in our society today? As Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller points out in her latest article, “There’s more to the ministry than providing services and giving out pants, shirts, ponchos, jackets, socks and shoes.” Eidemiller spoke
This year on September 25, For the Martyrs will be hosting its second annual march and conference to bring attention to Christians living in countries where religious freedom is stifled. While 1,000 participants are expected to attend in person in Washington, D.C,
On the morning of August 14, Felician Sister Mary Inga Borko felt the floor moving in her home in Jacmel, Haiti. “I quickly realized that it was an earthquake,” she said. “I knew that if we didn’t get out of this house,
Frank Siller, the CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, is honoring the victims of 9/11, including his brother, Stephen, a firefighter who died at the World Trade Center, by making a 537-mile walk from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to Shanksville,
Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller shares the vocation stories of four families, all who share the common denominator of holy orders. The Wertin family has two sons that are priests, and after the death of their mother, their deacon-father was ordained to the priesthood.