The ‘Ups’ of Lent
Msgr. Richard Hilgartner
February 16, 2019
Lift up, give up, take up. This season invites us to do all three.
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Accepting the Invitation to Lent
Richard Rohr, OFM
January 25, 2019
As we enter Lent, we are reminded that we are “dust to dust ” and “ashes to ashes. “
You and Your Health: ‘Blessed Be the Middle’
Karen Zielinski, OSF
September 7, 2018
There can be no extraordinary feasts like Easter or Christmas—or a good diagnosis—without our work of Ordinary Time. Blessed be the middle!
I (Still) Have a Dream’: St. Francis of Assisi School
John Feister
July 24, 2018
During the 50th anniversary of a key year in the civil rights movement, St. Francis School looks to the future in Mississippi.
Sporting His Faith: An Interview with ESPN’s Tony Reali
Peter Finney Jr.
January 24, 2018
Television host, sports junkie, husband, father—all of these could describe this popular ESPN personality. His Catholic faith keeps him grounded.
“I can talk for hours about giving voice to people, and, oddly, my job is to silence people with a mute button, ” says Reali, 39, laughing. “But I trust they know it’s done with a wink. “
A Friar Reflects on the Hope of Lent
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
February 24, 2012
The word season has many meanings, and each tells us something about what Lent can and should mean for us.
Padre Pio and the Madonna
Fr. Francesco Napolitano
April 5, 2024
Padre Pio nurtured his love for the Mother of Jesus from the time he was a child. He would go to the church in Pietrelcina to greet and to pray to Our Lady of Graces.
Pope enlists a willing warrior to spread the message of ‘Laudato Si’’
OSV News
December 8, 2022
Pope Francis is getting more non-Catholics to do his work. The latest is Nicolas Brown, who directed “The Letter: A Message for Our Earth,” a documentary on the pope’s 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
Catholic school in Uvalde, Texas, is reaching out to help community heal
OSV News
June 17, 2022
When schools close for the summer, their websites and Facebook pages often get pretty quiet too. That’s not the case for Sacred Heart Catholic School in Uvalde, Texas, established in 1913 by the Teresian Sisters.
Sharing the Word for June 15, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
June 15, 2022
God doesn’t hear prayer that is addressed to making us look good. If we want to get through to him it has to be on his wavelength–that is, in quiet and in secret.
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