Have a very pastoral new year

Last January, Dr. Greg Popcak predicted that 2020 would be the Year of the Domestic Church. Since then, the pandemic has forced the Church to reexamine the role of the family in Catholic life. This year, he writes, “I’m going to tempt

Shepherding amid a pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has upended Catholic life everywhere, prompting the bishops from coast to coast to suspend public Masses, forcing the faithful to go potentially weeks or months without the Eucharist. That sad reality has not been lost on local pastors who

Houston’s big investment in hospital ministry

During a serious illness or health crisis, people often become more concerned about their spiritual well-being, yet priests cannot possibly visit every Catholic in hospitals, in nursing homes and the homebound. Lay Catholics increasingly are stepping in to provide a spiritual triage