Have you heard of Saint Luis Cáncer, one of Florida's first martyrs? Kathleen Naab de Tovar delves into the story behind this Spanish Catholic missionary and Dominican priest born in the late 15th century. He shared the Gospel through song and ended
As our culture wrestles with sexual confusion, it’s easy to forget the chaos within — the myriad ways we have been pierced by sexual disintegration in our own lives. Each of us bears the wound. For people like Andrew Comiskey — who
Like Christmas and other Catholic holy days, Easter is often misunderstood and mis-celebrated. Either its origins are said to be based on pagan holidays (a myth we will bust), or we treat it as a day to binge after a season of
Holy Week is the epicenter of the liturgical year, since Christ’s cross is the axis around which all ages turn. In the Upper Room on Holy Thursday, he anticipates the sacrifice of his body, given for the life of his bride, the
In his 1981 encyclical Laborem Exercens, Pope St. John Paul II wrote that “work is a fundamental dimension of our life on earth.” Working with the land, running a farm, and manual labor in general can bring us closer to God. That’s
On a recent Sunday, Brother Joseph Holthaus posted a photo of a child on a trash heap. He captioned it with a prayer for “those who dig through garbage dumps in search of recyclables and food.” The prayer intention was that caring
“Meta” is a term we hear a lot these days, in many contexts. From the Greek for “beyond,” it often refers to an expanding of horizons, taking something that already exists to new and possibly previously-unconceived-of places. The so-called “metaverse” is a
Since the early 1900s, Carmelites in Milwaukee have been serving the community. For many years, that looked like a residential treatment center for adjudicated boys. But when that closed in 2017, the sisters turned to the community to see what other needs
In recent years, the Sisters of Life have led Holy Hours called “The Source.” The sisters welcome Catholics and non-Catholics alike to be with Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, whom they recognize as “the source and summit of our faith,” during their
Last year the Sisters of St. Basil the Great, Jesus Lover of Humanity Province in Pennsylvania shipped a cargo container to sisters in Ukraine after the Russian invasion. It was filled with medical supplies, toiletries and clothes donated by churches, community groups,
Divine intervention may be the only explanation for how two college teammates graduated, ventured off on different career paths miles apart and then, 40 years later, ended up on the same journey in Miami, both wearing habits. “I think we met at