Leonard DeLorenzo shares in his Letters to Parents that Christ’s sacrifice is truly efficacious in us when we come to him with our own small sacrifices and then return from our encounter with him prepared to offer further sacrifices in his name
Liz Fiordalisi still remembers when her son, who cannot speak with words, revealed what makes him most anxious. “Christopher spelled ‘missing Mass,’” she said, sharing her amazement from last year. “For him to say that, now that he said that, it’s like,
This February, we celebrate Valentine's Day, the day of love and friendship. February 14 is also Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. At first glance, many will think that we will not be able to celebrate with our partners, but there are
In this reflection, Jaymie Stuart Wolfe shares her personal journey with Lent and how it evolved from a competitive and self-imposed challenge to a more profound spiritual practice. Initially viewing Lent as a competition in personal holiness, she recounts her rigorous efforts
This is the second of a five-part series on creating a rosary garden for your home or parish; each month I present a group of Mysteries and list a companion plant for each meditation, concluding in May. In this way you can
The First Last Word: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Lk 23:34)
The Dominican Friars of the Province of St. Joseph have announced the commencement of a 9-month novena to pray for the flourishing of their second annual Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage. The novena will start on Jan. 27 and will continue on the last
The story of God calling out to Samuel when he’s sleeping can make us think of parenting a young child in the middle of the night.
Samuel keeps getting out of bed to come to Eli, who's fast asleep, to ask why he's
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- The pro-life cause will confront new challenges in the coming decades, with physician-assisted suicide in particular emerging as a growing threat to human life, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston told attendees of the 25th annual Cardinal O'Connor
In his latest Letter to Parents, Leonard DeLorenzo addresses how parents’ witness to the Eucharist impacts their children. DeLorenzo’s father attended daily Mass. He writes: “The most important thing he did for us, though, was that he went to Mass every morning.
"Donum Vitae" is a document that, nearly 40 years ago, made explicit the church's teaching about in vitro fertilization and related practices, including gestational surrogacy -- a teaching that in January 2024 made headlines after Pope Francis called for a worldwide ban