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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Just like a garden, our souls need a good foundation, to be weeded and pruned, and to be well fed in order to cultivate new growth. Margaret Rose Realy, author of “A Garden Catechism: 100 ...
It has been 10 years since Pope Francis was elected to the See of Peter. During this time, his scorecard of accomplishments has been impressive: He has published three encyclicals and five apostolic exhortations. He ...
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