The monks at New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, Iowa, maintain an apostolate building caskets and urns, playing their part in encouraging respectful and dignified burials, and keeping death before our eyes. This is a participation in the corporal works of mercy. The
A parish became a disaster relief hub over the Memorial Day weekend, and volunteers were ready to respond, as staff told OSV News they have been operating "a field hospital for the works of mercy" since the late 1980s.
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Be ready for Mass on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time! In this week’s Opening the Word Scripture reflection, Catherine Cavadini asks, “What is your light?” as she writes about Isaiah 58 from this week’s first reading: “Your light is God’s love,
“For the past two years, we have been stretched and pulled, worn thinner than ever before,” writes Colleen Pressprich in her latest In Focus for Our Sunday Visitor. She continues: “During Lents like the one … it can be tempting to take
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares how a conversation with a priest about the homeless in their community has led her to take seriously how to give alms this Lenten season: “During the season of Lent, we are called to do three things
In one of a series of articles exploring how priests, deacons, and men and women religious are living out the corporal works of mercy, writer Paul Senz profiles two communities who, as part of their mission, are feeding the poor in their
To “harbor the harborless” is one way to refer to the merciful work of sheltering the homeless. It is fitting then that a city in eastern Canada — where ocean vistas are visible on many streets — would be where the House
In a series of articles exploring how priests, deacons, and men and women religious live out the corporal works of mercy, writer Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller profiles two monasteries that are dedicated to giving drink to the thirsty while helping to fund their
In Iowa, Trappist monks manage the state’s second largest privately owned forest within their 1,800 acres. The land produces high-quality prized lumber, and the black walnut trees are considered some of the best. From that forest comes the business, Trappist Caskets, that
What does it mean to clothe the naked in our society today? As Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller points out in her latest article, “There’s more to the ministry than providing services and giving out pants, shirts, ponchos, jackets, socks and shoes.” Eidemiller spoke