With a new year around the corner, Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News, offers three ways we can grow our spiritual lives this year. She writes: “Too often, all the potential of the newness of the year devolves into a list
As Catholics begin a new year contemplating the motherhood of Mary, they should be inspired not to let problems weaken their faith or prevent them from helping others grow, Pope Francis said.
"In her heart, in her prayer," he said, Mary "binds together
Christian hope grants those who suffer the assurance that God does not abandon his people in their time of need, Pope Francis said.
"Problems do not vanish, difficulties and worries are not lacking, but we are not alone; the Father 'sent forth his
Writer Liv Harrison addresses the key to living an extraordinary life and making bold changes that bring you to success. And the beginning of a new year is the perfect time to start: “There is a certain permission to improve ourselves that
Happy New Year! However you welcome 2022, Deacon Greg Kandra invites you to “recognize that there are 365 days ahead of you, with bright empty pages in your calendar waiting to be filled. This is a moment of possibility. You’ve started another
In a recent column, Ava Lalor, assistant editor for Our Sunday Visitor, unpacks a recent movie she watched and how it’s helping her enter into the New Year with a positive perspective. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is about a negative
At the beginning of a year people hope will mark the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis urged them to create a "culture of care," including by sharing the gift of their time with others.
Despite suffering from a bout of sciatica,
As 2020 wraps up and the new year begins, what are we going to do about it? Perhaps more to the point: What are we Catholics going to do with 2021? How can we take the experience of this past year and
Happy New Year! We are grateful to God for seeing us over the threshold of a new calendar year, and we pray that 2021 will be one that will see the end of our current pandemic and the return to a somewhat
Dr. Greg Popcak invites all families to join him in making 2020 the the “Year of the Domestic Church” by discovering how to celebrate the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life. This means accepting the call of our baptism to form ourselves and